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New TRUST framework improves temporal session-based recommendations

Researchers have developed a new framework called TRUST for temporal session-based recommendation systems. Unlike previous methods that used absolute time intervals, TRUST calibrates each interval relative to the specific item it is associated with, acknowledging that different items have unique temporal signal distributions. This approach improves neighbor sampling, session graph encoding, and interest aggregation, leading to better recommendation performance on public datasets. The framework is designed to be model-agnostic, meaning it can enhance existing temporal recommenders. AI

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New TRUST framework improves temporal session-based recommendations

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Guandong Xu ·

    TRUST: Item-Calibrated Interval Evidence for Temporal Session-Based Recommendation

    Temporal signals have been widely used in session-based recommendation to infer user interest. Existing temporal session-based recommenders primarily rely on absolute interval values, implicitly assuming that the same interval carries similar interest signals across items. Howeve…