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Deep Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis: Enhancing IMDb Review Classification with LSTM Models

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Department of Computer Science, Denver University, Colorado, USA
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Department of Computer Science, Colorado Technical University, Colorado, USA
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Department of Computer Science, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, PA, USA
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Department of AAI, Data Engineer Leader, Cummins Inc, IN, USA
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January 17, 2025
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January 20, 2025
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Varadharajan, V. , Varadharajan, V. Smith, N. , Smith, N. Kalla, D. , Kalla, D. Samaah, F. , & Samaah, F. (2025). Deep Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis: Enhancing IMDb Review Classification with LSTM Models. Current Research in Public Health, 4(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujcsc.2025.1249
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Varadharajan, V. ; Varadharajan, V. Smith, N. ; Smith, N. Kalla, D. ; Kalla, D. Samaah, F. ; Samaah, F. Deep Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis: Enhancing IMDb Review Classification with LSTM Models. Current Research in Public Health 2025 4(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujcsc.2025.1249
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Varadharajan, Vivek, Vivek Varadharajan. Nathan Smith, Nathan Smith. Dinesh Kalla, Dinesh Kalla. Fnu Samaah, and Fnu Samaah. 2025. "Deep Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis: Enhancing IMDb Review Classification with LSTM Models". Current Research in Public Health 4, no. 1: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujcsc.2025.1249
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Varadharajan V, Varadharajan VSmith N, Smith NKalla D, Kalla DSamaah F, Samaah F. Deep Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis: Enhancing IMDb Review Classification with LSTM Models. Current Research in Public Health. 2025; 4(1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujcsc.2025.1249
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ABSTRACT = {Sentiment analysis, a vital aspect of natural language processing, involves the application of machine learning models to discern the emotional tone conveyed in textual data. The use case for this type of problem is where businesses can make informed decisions based on customer feedback, identify the sentiments of their employees, and make decisions on hiring or retention, or for that matter, classify a text based on its topic like whether it is about a particular subject like physics or chemistry as is useful in search engines. The model leverages a sequential architecture, transforms words into dense vectors using an Embedding layer, and captures intricate sequential patterns with two Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) layers. This model aims to effectively classify sentiments in text data using a 50-dimensional embedding dimension and 20 % dropout layers. The use of rectified linear unit (ReLU) activations enhances non-linearity, while the SoftMax activation in the output layer aligns with the multi-class nature of sentiment analysis. Both training and test accuracy were well over 80%.},
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