Ranking based on user comments with multiple criteria: the case of Greek restaurants in Athens
Authors: Papakyriakopoulos, Dimitrios 
Novas, Dimitrios 
Griva, Anastasia 
Kartaloglou, Elissavet 
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2023
Journal: International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making 
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Keywords: Fuzzy numbers, Multi-criteria analysis, Ranking, Restaurants, Text mining, TripAdvisor
Abstract: 
User generated content (UGC) is a valuable resource for the multi-criteria decision-making process. Platforms, such as TripAdvisor, enable the registration of comments and post rankings. However, existing ranking mechanisms are not transparent, making it impossible to evaluate their integrity and accuracy. Additionally, it has been shown that these rankings are, in some cases, inaccurate and misleading. This prompted the need for developing a ranking mechanism based on UGC to capture experiences and feelings, rather than quantitative data (bubbles/stars). The proposed ranking mechanism employs LDA to generate topics, which are transformed with fuzzy logic to variables, used to produce ranking results. We empirically studied the proposed ranking mechanism using TripAdvisor's user comments on a sample of restaurants located in Athens, Greece and compared the results to a simple quantitative ranking scheme. In some cases, the ranking differed. Further investigation is needed to address the limitations encountered in this research.
ISSN: 2040-1078
2040-106X
DOI: 10.1504/IJMCDM.2023.134135
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/2148
Type: Article
Department: Department of Business Administration 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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