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Most real-world recommender systems are deployed in a commercial context or designed to represent a value-adding service, e.g., on shopping or Social Web platforms, and typical success indicators for such systems include conversion rates, customer loyalty or sales numbers. In academic research, in contrast, the evaluation and comparison of different(More)
Laboratory studies are a common way of comparing recommendation approaches with respect to different quality dimensions that might be relevant for real users. One typical experimental setup is to first present the participants with recommendation lists that were created with different algorithms and then ask the participants to assess these recommendations(More)
In academic studies, the evaluation of recommender system (RS) algorithms is often limited to offline experimental designs based on historical data sets and metrics from the fields of Machine Learning or Information Retrieval. In real-world settings, however, other business-oriented metrics such as click-through-rates, customer retention or effects on the(More)
In many application domains of recommender systems, explicit rating information is sparse or non-existent. The preferences of the current user have therefore to be approximated by interpreting his or her behavior, i.e., the implicit user feedback. In the literature, a number of algorithm proposals have been made that rely solely on such implicit feedback,(More)
RapidMiner is a software framework for the development and execution of data analysis workflows. Like many modern software development environments, the tool comprises a visual editor which allows the user to design processes on a conceptual level, thereby abstracts technical details, and thus helps the user focus on the core modeling task. The large set of(More)
Automated playlist generation is a special form of music recommendation and a common feature of digital music playing applications. A particular challenge of the task is that the recommended items should not only match the general listener's preference but should also be coherent with the most recently played tracks. In this work, we propose a novel(More)
An essential characteristic in many e-commerce settings is that website visitors can have very specific short-term shopping goals when they browse the site. Relying solely on long-term user models that are pre-trained on historical data can therefore be insufficient for a suitable next-basket recommendation. Simple "real-time" recommendation approaches(More)
User studies play an important role in academic research in the field of recommender systems as they allow us to assess quality factors other than the predictive accuracy of the underlying algorithms. User satisfaction is one such factor that is often evaluated in laboratory settings and in many experimental designs one task of the participants is to assess(More)
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The automated generation of playlists given a user's most recent listening history is a common feature of modern music streaming platforms. In the research literature, a number of algorithmic proposals for this " next-track recommendation " problem have been made in recent years. However, nearly all of them are based on the user's most recent listening(More)