Short Text Analysis Based on Dual Semantic Extension and Deep Hashing in Microblog
Wanqiu Cui, Junping Du, Dawei Wang, Xunpu Yuan, Feifei Kou, Liyan Zhou, Nan Zhou · ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology · 2019
Short text analysis is a challenging task as far as the sparsity and limitation of semantics. The semantic extension approach learns the meaning of a short text by introducing external knowledge. However, for the randomness of short text descriptions in microblogs, traditional extension methods cannot accurately mine the semantics suitable for the microblog theme. Therefore, we use the prominent and refined hashtag information in microblogs as well as complex social relationships to provide implicit guidance for semantic extension of short text. Specifically, we design a deep hash model based on social and conceptual semantic extension, which consists of dual semantic extension and deep hashing representation. In the extension method, the short text is first conceptualized to achieve the construction of hashtag graph under conceptual space. Then, the associated hashtags are generated by correlation calculation based on the integration of social relationships and concepts to extend the short text. In the deep hash model, we use the semantic hashing model to encode the abundant semantic features and form a compact and meaningful binary encoding. Finally, extensive experiments demonstrate that our method can learn and represent the short texts well by using more meaningful semantic signal. It can effectively enhance and guide the semantic analysis and understanding of short text in microblogs.