EventsThe 5th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences
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This submission belongs to the session S3. Computing and Artificial Intelligence of the event The 5th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences
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03 Dec, 2024
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author-avatarEugenio Vocaturo
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Usman Mahmud, Hadiza Ali Umar, Abubakar Ado, Abdulkadir Abubakar Bichi, A New Approach for Improving Sentiment Analysis Using Multi-Dimensional Feature Reduction, in Proceedings of The 5th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, 4 December–6 December 2024, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland
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A New Approach for Improving Sentiment Analysis Using Multi-Dimensional Feature Reduction

Hadiza Ali Umar 2
1. Department of Computer Science and Infor. Tech. Al-Qalam University Katsina, Katsina Nigeria, Nigeria
2. Department of Computer Science Bayero University, Kano, Kano Nigeria, Nigeria
3. Department of Computer Science Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano, Kano Nigeria, Nigeria
Abstract

Sentiment Analysis is a sub-field within Natural Language Processing (NLP), concentrating on the extraction and interpretation of user sentiments or opinions from textual data. Despite significant advancements in the analysis of online content, a continuing challenge persists: the handling of sentiment datasets that are high-dimensional and frequently include substantial amounts of irrelevant or redundant features. Existing methods to address this issue typically rely on dimensionality reduction techniques; however, their effectiveness in removing irrelevant features and managing noisy or redundant data has been inconsistent.

This research seeks to overcome these challenges by introducing an innovative methodology that integrates ensemble Feature Selection techniques based on Information Gain with Feature Hashing. Our proposed approach aims to enhance the conventional feature selection process by synergistically combining these two strategies to more effectively tackle the issues of irrelevant features, noisy classes, and redundant data. The novel integration of Information Gain with Feature Hashing facilitates a more precise and strategic feature selection process, resulting in improved efficiency and effectiveness in sentiment analysis tasks.

Through comprehensive experimentation and evaluation, we demonstrate that our proposed method significantly outperforms baseline approaches and existing techniques across a wide range of scenarios. The results indicate that our method offers substantial advancements in managing high-dimensional sentiment data, thereby contributing to more accurate and reliable sentiment analysis outcomes.

Keywords
Sentiment analysis
Feature selection
Feature hashing
Information gain.
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