Mediation of User Models: for Enhanced Personalization in Recommender Systems - Softcover

Berkovsky, Shlomo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639150996 ISBN 13: 9783639150995

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Provision of personalized recommendations to users requires accurate modeling of their interests and needs. This book presents a general framework and specific methodologies for enhancing the accuracy of user modeling in recommender systems by importing and integrating data collected by other recommender systems. Such a process is defined as the mediation of user models and user modeling data. This book discusses the details of the generic user modeling mediation framework, provides a user modeling data representation model, demonstrates the compatibility of the model with existing recommendation techniques, and discusses the general steps of the mediation. Then, the mediation framework is applied and illustrated with two practical mediation scenarios: cross-technique mediation and cross-domain mediation. Empirical evaluation of these scenarios shows that the mediation of user modeling data is practical and beneficial, as it allows upgrading the quality of the recommendations provided to the users.

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About the Author

Shlomo Berkovsky received his PhD degree from the University of Haifa, Israel. Currently, he is a Research Team Leader at the CSIRO Information and Communication Technologies Centre in Hobart, Australia. His research interests include user modeling, recommender systems, Web personalization, and personalized content delivery.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639150996
• ISBN 13: 9783639150995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200