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Recommender Systems framed as Control Systems in new research paper

A new paper proposes framing Trajectory-Based Recommender Systems (TBRS) through the lens of control theory. The authors argue that TBRS, which focus on user trajectories and long-term goals, represent a distinct category of recommender systems that can be formalized and solved using control theory principles. The paper reviews existing work, highlights the unique characteristics of TBRS, and suggests that educational recommender systems, with their inherent long-term and goal-driven nature, can be effectively modeled within this proposed framework. AI

IMPACT Proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding and developing advanced recommender systems, potentially impacting personalized content delivery and educational tools.

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Elsa Negre ·

    Trajectory-Based Recommender Systems as Control Systems

    Recommender Systems (RS) are a key research domain and play an increasing role in our content-overwhelmed lives. In this paper, we explore Trajectory-Based Recommender Systems (TBRS), a subfield for which many related studies exist, yet still lacking a common framework. We argue …