BERT applications in natural language processing: a review

BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) has revolutionized Natural Language Processing (NLP) by significantly enhancing the capabilities of language models. This review study examines the complex nature of BERT, including its structure, utilization in different NLP tasks, and the further development of its design via modifications. The study thoroughly analyses the methodological aspects, conducting a comprehensive analysis of the planning process, the implemented procedures, and the criteria used to decide which data to include or exclude in the evaluation framework. In addition, the study thoroughly examines the influence of BERT on several NLP tasks, such as Sentence Boundary…