通过配对查询和属性感知,减少冷启动用户推荐所需提问次数。
Pairwise and Attribute-Aware Decision Tree-Based Preference Elicitation for Cold-Start Recommendation
- 用物品对而非单个物品提问,更高效获取偏好
- 同时收集用户对音乐类型等属性的偏好,提升用户分群精度
- 在较少提问下实现更高推荐准确率,适合新用户场景
推荐系统基于用户交互历史推断偏好并提供个性化推荐。协同过滤依赖历史数据,但新用户(冷启动)缺乏记录,难以生成有效推荐。为此,可通过评分请求技术收集用户对部分项目初始评分以建立初步偏好认知。现有方法分为非个性化与个性化两类,其中基于决策树的评分请求是个性化方法,通过树结构逐层询问用户偏好直至信息充足。本文提出一种面向音乐推荐的改进型决策树方法:(i) 不仅请求物品评分,还收集用户对如流派等属性的偏好,以更好聚类用户;(ii) 在每个节点使用物品对而非单个物品进行提问,更有效地学习用户偏好。实验表明,两项改进均显著提升性能,尤其在减少提问次数方面表现突出。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Recommender systems (RSs) are intelligent filtering methods that suggest items to users based on their inferred preferences, derived from their interaction history on the platform. Collaborative filtering-based RSs rely on users past interactions to generate recommendations. However, when a user is new to the platform, referred to as a cold-start user, there is no historical data available, making it difficult to provide personalized recommendations. To address this, rating elicitation techniques can be used to gather initial ratings or preferences on selected items, helping to build an early understanding of the user's tastes. Rating elicitation approaches are generally categorized into two types: non-personalized and personalized. Decision tree-based rating elicitation is a personalized method that queries users about their preferences at each node of the tree until sufficient information is gathered. In this paper, we propose an extension to the decision tree approach for rating elicitation in the context of music recommendation. Our method: (i) elicits not only item ratings but also preferences on attributes such as genres to better cluster users, and (ii) uses item pairs instead of single items at each node to more effectively learn user preferences. Experimental results demonstrate that both proposed enhancements lead to improved performance, particularly with a reduced number of queries.
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