A Hybrid Model Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Long Short-Term Memory for Multi-label Text Classification

Abstract Multi-label text classification (MLTC) is a popular method for organizing electronic documents, which is crucial for accessing and processing data. As the number of classes increases, learning multi-label data will be challenging. The number of possible states for various labels increases exponentially, and learning algorithms in single-label data cannot be used to solve these problems. In the meantime, using single-label data algorithms could be very time-consuming. In MLTC, complexity costs should be reduced. Deep-learning neural networks that can learn intricate patterns are used in many real-world problems because of their high power and accuracy. This paper proposed a hybridization of the long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network and the convolutional neural network (CNN) method for MLTC. The proposed model uses LSTM to enhance CNN to improve the proposed model’s accuracy. Also, the competitive search algorithm (CSA) is used to improve the LSTM hyperparameters. The LSTM hyperparameters play an important role in increasing the detection accuracy. The CSA algorithm finds the best values for the hyperparameters by searching the problem space. It was tested on four different datasets of multi-label texts: Reuters-21578, RCV1-v2, EUR-Lex, and Bookmarks. The result showed that the proposed model performed better than CNN and LSTM-CSA in terms of accuracy percentage and that it has improved by an average of more than 10%. Also, the results show that the LSTM-CSA model has higher detection accuracy compared to LSTM—Gradient-based optimizer (GBO) and LSTM—whale optimization algorithm (WOA).