Multicriteria recommendation based on bacterial foraging optimization. Issue 2 (6th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Geng, Shuang; He, Xiaofu; Wang, Yixin; Wang, Hong; Niu, Ben; Law, Kris M.
• Is Part Of: International journal of intelligent systems. Volume 37:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 1618
• Page End: 1645
• Publication Date: 2021-10-06
• Subjects: bacterial foraging optimization -- hybrid recommendation algorithm -- multicriteria recommendation system -- multiobjective optimization; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Expert systems (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Intelligence artificielle -- Périodiques; Systèmes experts (Informatique) -- Périodiques; 006.3
• DOI: 10.1002/int.22688
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0884-8173

Abstract

Abstract: Recommender systems assist users to make decisions among a huge volume of options. Accuracy‐oriented recommender systems focus on the prediction power of algorithms and neglect that users may appreciate diverse and novel recommendations in real‐world scenarios. Thus, this paper proposed a multicriteria recommendation model that can optimize the recommendation accuracy, diversity, novelty, and individual tendency simultaneously. Additionally, a new multiobjective bacterial foraging optimization method is proposed to improve its searching capability and the performance of recommendation model. The proposed optimization‐based multicriteria recommendation algorithm is compared with existing methods on both benchmark functions and real‐world data sets. The results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is superior to other recommendation algorithms in most cases. This study provides insights in recommendation system design and draws scholarly attention to the optimization‐based recommendation strategy.