Distilroberta2gnn: a new hybrid deep learning approach for aspect-based sentiment analysis

In the field of natural language processing (NLP), aspect-based sentiment analysis (ABSA) is crucial for extracting insights from complex human sentiments towards specific text aspects. Despite significant progress, the field still faces challenges such as accurately interpreting subtle language nuances and the scarcity of high-quality, domain-specific annotated datasets. This study introduces the Distil- RoBERTa2GNN model, an innovative hybrid approach that combines the DistilRoBERTa pre-trained model’s feature extraction capabilities with the dynamic sentiment classification abilities of graph neural networks (GNN). Our comprehensive, four-phase data preprocessing strategy is designed to enrich model training with domain-specific, high-quality data. In this study, we analyze four publicly available benchmark datasets: Rest14, Rest15, Rest16-EN, and Rest16-ESP, to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of our novel DistilRoBERTa2GNN model in ABSA. For the Rest14 dataset, our model achieved an F1 score of 77.98%, precision of 78.12%, and recall of 79.41%. The Rest15 dataset shows that our model achieves an F1 score of 76.86%, precision of 80.70%, and recall of 79.37%. For the Rest16-EN dataset, our model reached an F1 score of 84.96%, precision of 82.77%, and recall of 87.28%. For Rest16-ESP (Spanish dataset), our model achieved an F1 score of 74.87%, with a precision of 73.11% and a recall of 76.80%. These metrics highlight our model’s competitive edge over different baseline models used in ABSA studies. This study addresses critical ABSA challenges and sets a new benchmark for sentiment analysis research, guiding future efforts toward enhancing model adaptability and performance across diverse datasets.