Multi-value probabilistic matrix factorization for IP-TV recommendations

  • Authors:
  • Yu Xin;Harald Steck

  • Affiliations:
  • MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA;Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the fifth ACM conference on Recommender systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Matrix factorization (MF) has evolved as one of the most accurate approaches to collaborative filtering. In this paper, we extend the probabilistic MF framework as to account for multiple observations for each matrix element. This significantly improves the accuracy of recommender systems in several areas: (1) aggregation of ratings concerning items organized hierarchically, (2) (partial) compensation for the selection bias in the observed data by using an appropriate prior with virtual data points, and (3) improved recommendations of TV shows. While our framework applies to explicit and implicit feedback data, we outline in detail the latter application in this paper: we present the first approach that takes into account also negative feedback when training on implicit feedback data. Moreover, we shed light on the implicit assumptions underlying the most successful approach to IP-TV (Internet Protocol Television) recommendations in [Hu et al. 2008]. In our experiments, we obtain significant improvements over the existing approach.