A survey of active learning in collaborative filtering recommender systems

Computer Science Review

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-50

  Elahi, Mehdi ^a   Ricci, Francesco ^b   Rubens, Neil ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cold start; Collaborative filtering; New item; New user; Preference elicitation; Rating elicitation; Recommender systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

ACTIVE LEARNING; COLD START; NEW ITEM; NEW USER; PREFERENCE ELICITATION;

COLLABORATIVE FILTERING;

EID: 84976513628     PISSN: 15740137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosrev.2016.05.002     Document Type: Review

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