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Explore using Socially Relevant Gestures to improve Collaborative Filtering accuracy by giving authoritative users more weight. Utilize Epinion Data and Social Network contacts as collaborators for enhanced recommendations. Novice approach enhances traditional CF approach by incorporating additional user information.
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Babar Tareen 2009.03.12 Research Meeting
Problem • Improving CF accuracy by using added information • Social y Relevant Guesters • +ve: Create Content, Comment, Rate Content, Recommend Content • Neutral: View Content, Neutral Rating • -ve: Multiple Ignores, Negative Rating, Abandon View, Negative Comment • Using Social Network contacts as collaborators • Finding authoritative user and giving them more weight
Novice Approach • Traditional CF use only rating information • Instead, use Socially Relevant Gestures to find recommenders • Give extra weight age to recommenders • who are present in social network • Who are authoritative for the given user
Data for Exp. • Socially Relevant Gesture (SGR) • Epinion Data: Rating(-ve, +ve), Comment (-ve, +ve) • For finding Authoritative user • Purchase Log with Timestamp. • Epinion Data can be used assuming that the reviewer has purchased the product • Social Network Information • ??