How should i explain? A comparison of different explanation types for recommender systems

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-382

  Gedikli, Fatih ^a   Jannach, Dietmar ^a   Ge, Mouzhi ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaborative filtering; Decision support; Explanations; Interface design; Recommender systems; Tag clouds; User evaluation

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE FILTERING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; METADATA; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; DATA MINING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

DECISION SUPPORTS; EXPLANATIONS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; TAG CLOUDS; USER EVALUATIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84892685053     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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