Generalizing e-Bay.NET: An Approach to Recommendation Based on Probabilistic Computing

Luis M. de Campos, Juan M. Fernández-Luna, Juan F. Huete

2005

Abstract

In this paper, we shall present the theoretical developments related to extending existing e-Bay.NET recommendation system in order to improve its expressiveness. In particular, we shall make them more flexible and more general by enabling it to handle evidence items with a finer granularity so that more accurate information may be obtained when user preferences are elicited. The model is based on the formalism of Bayesian networks, and this extension requires the design of new methods to estimate conditional probability distributions and also a new algorithm to compute the posterior probabilities of relevance.

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M. de Campos L., M. Fernández-Luna J. and F. Huete J. (2005). Generalizing e-Bay.NET: An Approach to Recommendation Based on Probabilistic Computing . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005) ISBN 972-8865-38-4, pages 24-33. DOI: 10.5220/0001423000240033


in Bibtex Style

@conference{wprsiui05,
author={Luis M. de Campos and Juan M. Fernández-Luna and Juan F. Huete},
title={Generalizing e-Bay.NET: An Approach to Recommendation Based on Probabilistic Computing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={24-33},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001423000240033},
isbn={972-8865-38-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005)
TI - Generalizing e-Bay.NET: An Approach to Recommendation Based on Probabilistic Computing
SN - 972-8865-38-4
AU - M. de Campos L.
AU - M. Fernández-Luna J.
AU - F. Huete J.
PY - 2005
SP - 24
EP - 33
DO - 10.5220/0001423000240033