Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2017

Abstract

With the increasing amount of text data, sentiment analytics (SA) is becoming an important tool for text miners. An automated approach is needed to parse the online reviews and comments, and analyze their sentiments. Since lexicon is the most important component in SA, enhancing the quality of lexicons will improve the efficiency and accuracy of sentiment analysis. In this research, we study the effect of coupling a general lexicon with a specialized lexicon (for a specific domain) and its impact on sentiment analysis. Two special domains and one general domain were used. The two special domains are the petroleum domain and the biology domain. The general domain is the social network domain. The results, as expected, show that coupling a general lexicon with a specialized lexicon improves the sentiment analysis. However, coupling a general lexicon with another general lexicon does not improve the sentiment analysis.

Keywords

Lexicon, Sentiment Analysis, Text Mining, Machine Learning, Data Mining

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Proceedings of the Twelve Annual Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference (MWAIS 2017), Springfield, Illinois, May 18-19

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Publisher

MWAIS

City or Country

Springfield, Illinois

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