International Journal of Health Science
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): July: International Journal of Health

Comparison of Support Vector Machine and Random Forest Classification Methods in Dengue Fever Sentiment Analysis

Anisa Ranindia Arizky (Universitas Widya Husada Semarang)
Riska Fitria Ulandari (Universitas Widya Husada Semarang)
Grace Romauli Sihombing (Informatika Medis / Universitas Widya Husada Semarang)
Nurul Baiah (Universitas Widya Husada Semarang)
Frandianus Frandianus (Universitas Widya Husada Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2026

Abstract

Dengue fever is a prevalent disease in Indonesia, caused by the dengue virus and transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. This study aims to analyze sentiment in tweets related to dengue fever using two machine learning algorithms: Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest. The dataset consists of 1,000 manually labeled tweets, categorized into three sentiment classes: Positive, Negative, and Neutral. The results indicate that the SVM algorithm outperformed Random Forest in terms of performance metrics. Specifically, SVM achieved higher accuracy (77.07%) compared to Random Forest (73.65%). Additionally, SVM demonstrated superior precision, recall, and F1-score, making it a more effective model for sentiment analysis in this context. These findings suggest that SVM is a promising tool for analyzing public sentiment on social media platforms, particularly for monitoring health-related issues like dengue fever. The study highlights the potential of machine learning techniques in improving public health surveillance and response by analyzing social media data for real-time insights.

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Journal Info

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ijhs

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Subject

Health Professions Public Health Social Sciences

Description

International Journal of Health Science, This journal publishes articles on practice, theory, and research in all areas of health, including: Surgical Medical Practice, Pharmacy, Maternity, Child Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Dental, Medical Education, Midwifery, Medicine and Nursing, Health ...