Introducing a novel bi-functional method for exploiting sentiment in complex information networks

This paper elaborates on multilayer Information Network (IN) modelling, utilising graph mining and machine learning. Although, Social Media (SM) INs may be modelled as homogeneous networks, real-world networks contain multi-typed entities, characterised by complex relations and interactions posing as heterogeneous INs. For mining data whilst retaining semantic context in such complex structures, we need better ways for handling multi-typed and interconnected data. This work conceives and performs several simulations on SM data. The first simulation models information, based on a bi-partite network schema. The second simulation utilises a star network schema, along with a graph database offering querying for graph metrics. The third simulation handles data from the previous simulations to generate a multilayer IN. The paper proposes a novel bi-functional method for sentiment extraction of user reviews/opinions across multiple SM platforms, considering the concepts of supervised/unsupervised learning and sentiment analysis.