Sentiment Analysis Based on Heterogeneous Multi-Relation Signed Network

Abstract

Existing sentiment prediction methods often only classify users’ emotions into a few categories and cannot predict the variation of emotions under different topics. Meanwhile, network embedding methods that consider structural information often assume that links represent positive relationships, ignoring the possibility of negative relationships. To address these challenges, we present an innovative approach in sentiment analysis, focusing on the construction of a denser heterogeneous signed information network from sparse heterogeneous data. We explore the extraction of latent relationships between similar node types, integrating emotional reversal and meta-path similarity for relationship prediction. Our approach uniquely handles user-entity and topic-entity relationships, offering a tailored methodology for diverse entity types within heterogeneous networks. We contribute to a deeper understanding of emotional expressions and interactions in social networks, enhancing sentiment analysis techniques. Experimental results on four publicly available datasets demonstrate the superiority of our proposed model over state-of-the-art approaches.