Machine Learning Advances and Applications on Natural Language Processing (NLP)

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".

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Interests: algorithms; data structures; data mining; machine learning
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The impressive achievements of recent state-of-the-art machine learning models are revolutionizing the area of text and language applications. On the one hand, the so-called Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated an enormous capability in automatic and reasonable text generation. On the other hand, the Transformer-based models have drastically improved the performance of other, highly important natural language tools, including traditional sentiment analyzers, machine (auto) translators, and multimedia annotators. Furthermore, such Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques are heavily utilized in social networks, microblogs, eCommerce systems, and numerous other disciplines.

The goal of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed original research papers in the area of Natural Language Processing. It will also host high-quality review studies on the involved research fields. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide the research community with a rich collection of key papers that will open new directions in this area by introducing new models, methods, and techniques.

Indicative topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  1. Large-language models;
  2. Sentiment analysis;
  3. Machine translation;
  4. Machine-generated/machine-assisted image and video annotation;
  5. Effective text/short-text representations;
  6. Messengers and social networks;
  7. Text and short-text classification;
  8. Text and short-text clustering;
  9. NLP applications for low-power devices.

Dr. Leonidas Akritidis
Prof. Dr. Panayiotis Bozanis
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • LLM
  • machine translation
  • sentiment analysis
  • text representation
  • text classification
  • text clustering

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On Embedding Implementations in Text Ranking and Classification Employing Graphs
by Nikitas-Rigas Kalogeropoulos, Dimitris Ioannou, Dionysios Stathopoulos and Christos Makris
Electronics 2024, 13(10), 1897; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101897 - 12 May 2024
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This paper aims to enhance the Graphical Set-based model (GSB) for ranking and classification tasks by incorporating node and word embeddings. The model integrates a textual graph representation with a set-based model for information retrieval. Initially, each document in a collection is transformed [...] Read more.
This paper aims to enhance the Graphical Set-based model (GSB) for ranking and classification tasks by incorporating node and word embeddings. The model integrates a textual graph representation with a set-based model for information retrieval. Initially, each document in a collection is transformed into a graph representation. The proposed enhancement involves augmenting the edges of these graphs with embeddings, which can be pretrained or generated using Word2Vec and GloVe models. Additionally, an alternative aspect of our proposed model consists of the Node2Vec embedding technique, which is applied to a graph created at the collection level through the extension of the set-based model, providing edges based on the graph’s structural information. Core decomposition is utilized as a method for pruning the graph. As a byproduct of our information retrieval model, we explore text classification techniques based on our approach. Node2Vec embeddings are generated by our graphs and are applied in order to represent the different documents in our collections that have undergone various preprocessing methods. We compare the graph-based embeddings with the Doc2Vec and Word2Vec representations to elaborate on whether our approach can be implemented on topic classification problems. For that reason, we then train popular classifiers on the document embeddings obtained from each model. Full article
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Enhancing Stock Market Forecasts with Double Deep Q-Network in Volatile Stock Market Environments
by George Papageorgiou, Dimitrios Gkaimanis and Christos Tjortjis
Electronics 2024, 13(9), 1629; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091629 - 24 Apr 2024
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Stock market prediction is a subject of great interest within the finance industry and beyond. In this context, our research investigates the use of reinforcement learning through implementing the double deep Q-network (DDQN) alongside technical indicators and sentiment analysis, utilizing data from Yahoo [...] Read more.
Stock market prediction is a subject of great interest within the finance industry and beyond. In this context, our research investigates the use of reinforcement learning through implementing the double deep Q-network (DDQN) alongside technical indicators and sentiment analysis, utilizing data from Yahoo Finance and StockTwits to forecast NVIDIA’s short-term stock movements over the dynamic and volatile period from 2 January 2020, to 21 September 2023. By incorporating financial data, the model’s effectiveness is assessed in three stages: initial reliance on closing prices, the introduction of technical indicators, and the integration of sentiment analysis. Early findings showed a dominant buy tendency (63.8%) in a basic model. Subsequent phases used technical indicators for balanced decisions and sentiment analysis to refine strategies and moderate rewards. Comparative analysis underscores a progressive increase in profitability, with average profits ranging from 57.41 to 119.98 with full data integration and greater outcome variability. These results reveal the significant impact of combining diverse data sources on the model’s predictive accuracy and profitability, suggesting that integrating sentiment analysis alongside traditional financial metrics can significantly enhance the sophistication and effectiveness of algorithmic trading strategies in fluctuating market environments. Full article
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Sentiment Dimensions and Intentions in Scientific Analysis: Multilevel Classification in Text and Citations
by Aristotelis Kampatzis, Antonis Sidiropoulos, Konstantinos Diamantaras and Stefanos Ougiaroglou
Electronics 2024, 13(9), 1753; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13091753 - 2 May 2024
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Sentiment Analysis in text, especially text containing scientific citations, is an emerging research field with important applications in the research community. This review explores the field of sentiment analysis by focusing on the interpretation of citations, presenting a detailed description of techniques and [...] Read more.
Sentiment Analysis in text, especially text containing scientific citations, is an emerging research field with important applications in the research community. This review explores the field of sentiment analysis by focusing on the interpretation of citations, presenting a detailed description of techniques and methods ranging from lexicon-based approaches to Machine and Deep Learning models. The importance of understanding both the emotion and the intention behind citations is emphasized, reflecting their critical role in scientific communication. In addition, this study presents the challenges faced by researchers (such as complex scientific terminology, multilingualism, and the abstract nature of scientific discourse), highlighting the need for specialized language processing techniques. Finally, future research directions include improving the quality of datasets as well as exploring architectures and models to improve the accuracy of sentiment detection. Full article
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