Empirical Comparison of Graph Embeddings for Trust-Based Collaborative Filtering

Tomislav Duricic, Hussain Hussain, Emanuel Lacic, Dominik Kowald, Denis Helic, Elisabeth Lex

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Abstract

In this work, we study the utility of graph embeddings to generate latent user representations for trust-based collaborative filtering. In a cold-start setting, on three publicly available datasets, we evaluate approaches from four method families: (i) factorization-based, (ii) random walk-based, (iii) deep learning-based, and (iv) the Large-scale Information Network Embedding (LINE) approach. We find that across the four families, random-walk-based approaches consistently achieve the best accuracy. Besides, they result in highly novel and diverse recommendations. Furthermore, our results show that the use of graph embeddings in trust-based collaborative filtering significantly improves user coverage.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFoundations of Intelligent Systems - 25th International Symposium, ISMIS 2020, Proceedings
EditorsDenis Helic, Martin Stettinger, Alexander Felfernig, Gerhard Leitner, Zbigniew W. Ras
Place of PublicationGermany
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages181-191
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030594909
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
Event25th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems - online event, Graz, Austria
Duration: 23 Sept 202025 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Conference

Conference25th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems
Abbreviated titleISMIS 2020
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period23/09/202025/10/2020

Keywords

  • Cold-start
  • Empirical study
  • Graph embeddings
  • Recommender systems
  • Trust networks

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