CPC-CMS: Cognitive Pairwise Comparison Classification Model Selection Framework for Document-level Sentiment Analysis

This study proposes the Cognitive Pairwise Comparison Classification Model Selection (CPC-CMS) framework for document-level sentiment analysis. The CPC, based on expert knowledge judgment, is used to calculate the weights of evaluation criteria, including accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, specificity, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), Cohen's Kappa (Kappa), and efficiency. Naive Bayes (NB), Linear Support Vector Classification (LSVC), Random Forest, Logistic Regression, Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and A Lite Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (ALBERT) are chosen as classification baseline models. A weighted decision matrix consisting of classification evaluation scores with respect to criteria weights is formed to select the best classification model for a classification problem. Three open social media datasets are used to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed CPC-CMS. Based on our simulation, for evaluation results excluding the time factor, ALBERT performs best across all three datasets; if the time factor is included, no single model consistently outperforms the others. Through comparison, these conclusions are also supported by other aggregation and ranking methods, including Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Multi-Objective Optimization by Ratio Analysis (MOORA), although aggregation values and ranks may vary. A sensitivity analysis using Spearman's Rank Correlation Test demonstrates the robustness of the proposed CPC-CMS framework. The CPC-CMS can be applied to other classification applications in various domains.