Effective feature reduction for link prediction in location-based social networks

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2019-10-01

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Bayrak, Ahmet Engin
Polat, Faruk

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In this study, we investigated feature-based approaches for improving the link prediction performance for location-based social networks (LBSNs) and analysed their performances. We developed new features based on time, common friend detail and place category information of check-in data in order to make use of information in the data which cannot be utilised by the existing features from the literature. We proposed a feature selection method to determine a feature subset that enhances the prediction performance with the removal of redundant features by clustering them. After clustering features, a genetic algorithm is used to determine the ones to select from each cluster. A non-monotonic and feasible feature selection is ensured by the proposed genetic algorithm. Results depict that both new features and the proposed feature selection method improved link prediction performance for LBSNs.

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Library and Information Sciences, Information Systems

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41892

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JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551518808200

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Department of Computer Engineering, Article

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A. E. Bayrak and F. Polat, “Effective feature reduction for link prediction in location-based social networks,” JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, pp. 676–690, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41892.