Explanations for Groups

Alexander Felfernig*, Nava Tintarev, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran, Martin Stettinger

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Explanations are used in recommender systems for various reasons. Users have to be supported in making (high-quality) decisions more quickly. Developers of recommender systems want to convince users to purchase specific items. Users should better understand how the recommender system works and why a specific item has been recommended. Users should also develop a more in-depth understanding of the item domain. Consequently, explanations are designed in order to achieve specific goals such as increasing the transparency of a recommendation or increasing a user’s trust in the recommender system. In this chapter, we provide an overview of existing research related to explanations in recommender systems and specifically discuss aspects relevant to group recommendation scenarios. In this context, we present different ways of explaining and visualizing recommendations determined on the basis of aggregated predictions and aggregated models strategies.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGroup Recommender Systems
Subtitle of host publicationAn Introduction
PublisherSpringer
Pages109-131
Number of pages23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2024

Publication series

SeriesSignals and Communication Technology
VolumePart F1811
ISSN1860-4862

Keywords

  • Consensus
  • Explanations
  • Explanations for group recommender systems
  • Fairness

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