Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks

With the increase in the number of live TV channels, audiences must spend increasing amounts of time and energy deciding which shows to watch; this problem is called information overload, and recommender systems (RSs) are effective methods for addressing such problems. Due to the high update rates a...

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Main Authors: Xiaosong Zhu, Jingfeng Guo, Shuang Li, Tong Hao
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9137323/
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Jingfeng Guo
Shuang Li
Tong Hao
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Tong Hao
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description With the increase in the number of live TV channels, audiences must spend increasing amounts of time and energy deciding which shows to watch; this problem is called information overload, and recommender systems (RSs) are effective methods for addressing such problems. Due to the high update rates and low replay rates of TV programs, the item cold-start problem is prominent, and this problem seriously affects the effectiveness of the recommender and limits the application of recommendation algorithms for live TV. To solve this problem better, RSs must consider information in addition to the time slot strategy, which relies on experience. At present, no methods make good use of viewing behavior records. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed a viewing environment model called DeepTV that considers viewing behavior records and electronic program guides and includes a feature generation process and a model construction process. In the feature generation process, we defined seven key features by clustering viewing time, distinguishing positive and negative feedback, capturing continuous viewing preference and introducing the remaining time proportion of candidate programs. We normalize the continuous features and add powers of them. In the model construction process, we regard the live TV recommendation task as a classification problem and fuse the above features by using a neural network. Finally, experiments on industrial datasets show that the proposed model significantly outperforms baseline algorithms.
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spelling doaj.art-dd8f7063300e42b7ad202b8709b99bfd2022-12-21T18:19:58ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01813128613129810.1109/ACCESS.2020.30076759137323Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural NetworksXiaosong Zhu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2790-3210Jingfeng Guo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4907-0256Shuang Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-0431Tong Hao3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3526-9109College of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, ChinaFaculty of Ecology, Environmental Management College of China, Qinhuangdao, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, ChinaWith the increase in the number of live TV channels, audiences must spend increasing amounts of time and energy deciding which shows to watch; this problem is called information overload, and recommender systems (RSs) are effective methods for addressing such problems. Due to the high update rates and low replay rates of TV programs, the item cold-start problem is prominent, and this problem seriously affects the effectiveness of the recommender and limits the application of recommendation algorithms for live TV. To solve this problem better, RSs must consider information in addition to the time slot strategy, which relies on experience. At present, no methods make good use of viewing behavior records. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed a viewing environment model called DeepTV that considers viewing behavior records and electronic program guides and includes a feature generation process and a model construction process. In the feature generation process, we defined seven key features by clustering viewing time, distinguishing positive and negative feedback, capturing continuous viewing preference and introducing the remaining time proportion of candidate programs. We normalize the continuous features and add powers of them. In the model construction process, we regard the live TV recommendation task as a classification problem and fuse the above features by using a neural network. Finally, experiments on industrial datasets show that the proposed model significantly outperforms baseline algorithms.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9137323/Cold startlive TVneural networknegative feedbackTV channelviewing environment
spellingShingle Xiaosong Zhu
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Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
IEEE Access
Cold start
live TV
neural network
negative feedback
TV channel
viewing environment
title Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
title_full Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
title_fullStr Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
title_full_unstemmed Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
title_short Facing Cold-Start: A Live TV Recommender System Based on Neural Networks
title_sort facing cold start a live tv recommender system based on neural networks
topic Cold start
live TV
neural network
negative feedback
TV channel
viewing environment
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9137323/
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