A hybrid movie recommender using dynamic fuzzy clustering

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Gürcan, Fatih
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Recommender systems are information retrieval tools helping users in their information seeking tasks and guiding them in a large space of possible options. Many hybrid recommender systems are proposed so far to overcome shortcomings born of pure content-based (PCB) and pure collaborative fi ltering (PCF) systems. Most studies on recommender systems aim to improve the accuracy and efficiency of predictions. In this thesis, we propose an online hybrid recommender strategy (CBCFdfc) based on content boosted collaborative filtering algorithm which aims to improve the prediction accuracy and effi ciency. CBCFdfc combines content-based and collaborative characteristics to solve problems like sparsity, new item and over-specialization. CBCFdfc uses fuzzy clustering to keep a certain level of prediction accuracy while decreasing online prediction time. We compare CBCFdfc with PCB and PCF according to prediction accuracy metrics, and with CBCFonl (online CBCF without clustering) according to online recommendation time. Test results showed that CBCFdfc performs better than other approaches in most cases. We, also, evaluate the effect of user-speci fied parameters to the prediction accuracy and efficiency. According to test results, we determine optimal values for these parameters. In addition to experiments made on simulated data, we also perform a user study and evaluate opinions of users about recommended movies. The results that are obtained in user evaluation are satisfactory. As a result, the proposed system can be regarded as an accurate and efficient hybrid online movie recommender.
Computer enginnering.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611667/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19357
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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F. Gürcan, “A hybrid movie recommender using dynamic fuzzy clustering,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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