Integrating a cognitive assistant within a critique-based recommender

Recommender systems are cognitive computing systems designed to support humans in their decision-making processes through convincing, timely product suggestions. In the field of recommender systems, critique-based recommenders have been widely applied as an effective approach for guiding users throu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Güell, Marc, Salamó Llorente, Maria, Contreras, David, Boratto, Ludovico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/194426
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194426
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sistemes d'ajuda a la decisió
Intel·ligència artificial
Tractament del llenguatge natural (Informàtica)
Decision support systems
Artificial intelligence
Natural language processing (Computer science)
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Sumario:Recommender systems are cognitive computing systems designed to support humans in their decision-making processes through convincing, timely product suggestions. In the field of recommender systems, critique-based recommenders have been widely applied as an effective approach for guiding users through a product space in pursuit of suitable products. To date, no critique-based approach has included an assistant that support users in their search in a pleasant way. In this paper, we describe how we integrate an assistant within a critique-based recommender. We consider the proposed assistant to be cognitive because its reasoning process when recommending products is based on a cognitively-inspired clustering algorithm. The proposal is evaluated by users and compared with a non-assistant approach. The results of this research demonstrate that the integration of a cognitive assistant within the recommender improves the user experience and increases the performance of the recommendation process, i.e., users need fewer cycles to achieve the desired product or service.