A Comparative Analysis of Trust-Enhanced Recommenders for Controversial Items

Authors

  • Patricia Victor Ghent University
  • Chris Cornelis Ghent University
  • Martine De Cock University of Washington, Tacoma
  • Ankur Teredesai University of Washington, Tacoma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v3i1.13986

Keywords:

recommender system, trust network, controversial item

Abstract

A particularly challenging task for recommender systems (RSs) is deciding whether to recommend an item that received a variety of high and low scores from its users. RSs that incorporate a trust network among their users have the potential to make more personalized recommendations for such controversial items (CIs) compared to collaborative filtering (CF) based systems, provided they succeed in utilizing the trust information to their advantage. In this paper, we formalize the concept of CIs in RSs. We then compare the performance of several well-known trust-enhanced techniques for effectively personalizing the recommendations for CIs versus random items in the RS. Furthermore, we introduce a new algorithm that maximizes the synergy between CF and its trust-based variants, and show that the new algorithm outperforms other trust-based techniques in generating rating predictions for CIs.

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Published

2009-03-20

How to Cite

Victor, P., Cornelis, C., De Cock, M., & Teredesai, A. (2009). A Comparative Analysis of Trust-Enhanced Recommenders for Controversial Items. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 3(1), 342-345. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v3i1.13986

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): Third International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Section

Poster Papers