Restricted Bernoulli Matrix Factorization: Balancing the trade-off between prediction accuracy and coverage in classification based collaborative filtering

TL;DR

This paper introduces ResBeMF, a matrix factorization algorithm that balances prediction accuracy and coverage in classification-based collaborative filtering, enhancing recommendation reliability.

Contribution

ResBeMF is a novel algorithm that improves the trade-off between prediction quality and coverage in recommender systems.

Findings

ResBeMF achieves better balance between accuracy and coverage.

Experimental results show improved Mean Absolute Error and coverage.

ResBeMF enhances recommendation reliability.

Abstract

Reliability measures associated with the prediction of the machine learning models are critical to strengthening user confidence in artificial intelligence. Therefore, those models that are able to provide not only predictions, but also reliability, enjoy greater popularity. In the field of recommender systems, reliability is crucial, since users tend to prefer those recommendations that are sure to interest them, that is, high predictions with high reliabilities. In this paper, we propose Restricted Bernoulli Matrix Factorization (ResBeMF), a new algorithm aimed at enhancing the performance of classification-based collaborative filtering. The proposed model has been compared to other existing solutions in the literature in terms of prediction quality (Mean Absolute Error and accuracy scores), prediction quantity (coverage score) and recommendation quality (Mean Average Precision score). The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model provides a good balance in terms of the quality measures used compared to other recommendation models.