Document Type : Original/Review Paper

Authors

• Maryam Baghi
• Kourosh Kiani
• Razieh Rastgoo

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Abstract

With rapid advancements in information and communication technology, recommender systems have become vital tools across a wide range of online activities and e-commerce processes. Collaborative recommender systems, which utilize user data and contributions to provide suggestions, represent a significant innovation in this field. In this paper, we conduct an analysis of collaborative recommender systems and evaluate their impact on enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of recommendations. To this end, we propose a deep learning approach using a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN), as a special type of Graph Neural Network (GNN). By assigning weights to edges between nodes, scores are calculated for these edges. The importance of the edges varies based on the number of neighboring nodes and their proximity to the target node. The higher the edge score, the more significant the path. To calculate edge weights, we leverage metrics such as Jaccard similarity, cosine similarity, LHN index, and Salton cosine similarity. This approach improves the identification of relationships between nodes and enhances the accuracy of the recommender system. For implementation, we utilized the well-known MovieLens dataset. Ultimately, users were clustered into 18 clusters, with a large number of nodes within each cluster. By clustering users, we increased the number and diversity of recommendations. This significantly improved the performance of the recommender system, yielding promising results.

Keywords

• Recommender System
• Collaborative Filtering
• Recommendation
• Clustering
• Graph Convolutional Network

Main Subjects

• H.3.2.2. Computer vision