Improving the Forecasting Performance of Taiwan Car Sales Movement Direction Using Online Sentiment Data and CNN-LSTM Model

Abstract

The automotive industry is the leading producer of machines in Taiwan and worldwide. Developing effective methods for forecasting car sales can allow car companies to arrange their production and sales plans. Capitalizing on the growth of social media and deep learning algorithms, this research aimed to improve the overall performance of the forecasting of Taiwan car sales movement direction forecasting by using online sentiment data and CNN-LSTM method. First, the historical sales volumes and multi-channel online sentiment data for six car brands in Taiwan were collected and preprocessed for labeling of car sales movement direction. Then, three models, namely, the classical, sentimental, and CNN-LSTM models, were constructed and trained/fitted for forecasting car sales movement directions in Taiwan. Finally, the performance of the three prediction models were compared to verify the effects of online sentiment data and the CNN-LSTM model on forecasting performance. The results showed that four forecasting performance indices, i.e., accuracy, precision, recall and F1-score, improved by 27.78% (from 41.67% to 69.45%), 0.39 (from 0.38 to 0.77), 0.27 (from 0.42 to 0.69) and 0.33 (from 0.35 to 0.68), respectively. Therefore, the online sentiment data and CNN-LSTM method can indeed improve the overall performance of car sales movement direction in Taiwan.

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