Title
Improving Matrix Factorization-Based Recommender Via Ensemble Methods
Abstract
One of the most popular approaches to Collaborative Filtering is based on Matrix Factorization (MF). In this paper, we focus on improving MF-based recommender's accuracy by homogeneous ensemble methods. To build such ensembles, we investigate a series of methods primarily in two aspects: (i) manipulating the training examples, including bagging, AdaBoost, and Forward Stepwise Additive Regression; (ii) injecting randomness to the base models' training settings, including randomizing the initializing parameters and randomizing the training sequences. Each method is evaluated on two large, real datasets, and then the effective methods are combined to form a cascade MF ensemble scheme. The validation results on experiment datasets demonstrate that compared to a single MF-based recommender, our ensemble scheme could obtain a significant improvement in the prediction accuracy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1142/S0219622011004452
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING
Keywords
Field
DocType
Collaborative filtering, matrix factorization, ensemble
Data mining,Collaborative filtering,AdaBoost,Regression,Computer science,Matrix decomposition,Cascade,Artificial intelligence,Initialization,Ensemble learning,Machine learning,Randomness
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
3
0219-6220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.48
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xin Luo136432.11
Yuanxin Ouyang212121.57
Zhang Xiong31069102.45