Abstract. In this paper we present SPrank, a novel hybrid recommendation algorithm able to compute top-N item recommendations from implicit feedback exploiting the information available in the so called Web of Data. We leverage DBpedia, a well-known knowledge base in the LOD (Linked Open Data) compass, to extract semantic path-based features and to eventually compute recommendations using a learning to rank algorithm. Experiments with datasets on two different domains show that the proposed approach outperforms in terms of prediction accuracy several stateof-the-art top-N recommendation algorithms for implicit feedback in situations affected by different degrees of data sparsity.
The availability of a huge amount of interconnected data in the so called Web of Data (WoD) paves the way to a new generation of applications able to exploit the information encoded in it. In this paper we present a model-based recommender system leveraging the datasets publicly available in the Linked Open Data (LOD) cloud as DBpedia and Linked-MDB. The proposed approach adapts support vector machine (SVM) to deal with RDF triples. We tested our system and showed its effectiveness by a comparison with different recommender systems techniques -both content-based and collaborative filtering ones.
Abstract. Inspired by the Google Wonder Wheel1 , in this paper we present Semantic Wonder Cloud (SWOC): a tool that helps users in knowledge exploration within the DBpedia dataset by adopting a hybrid approach. We describe both the architecture and the user interface. The system exploits not only pure semantic connections in the underlying RDF graph but it mixes the meaning of such information with external non-semantic knowledge sources, such as web search engines and tagging systems. Semantic Wonder Cloud allows the user to explore the relations between resources of knowledge domain via a simple and intuitive graphical interface.
Abstract. The recent proliferation of crowd computing initiatives on the web calls for smarter methodologies and tools to annotate, query and explore repositories. There is the need for scalable techniques able to return also approximate results with respect to a given query as a ranked set of promising alternatives. In this paper we concentrate on annotation and retrieval of software components, exploiting semantic tagging relying on Linked Open Data. We focus on DBpedia and propose a new hybrid methodology to rank resources exploiting: (i) the graphbased nature of the underlying RDF structure, (ii) context independent semantic relations in the graph and (iii) external information sources such as classical search engine results and social tagging systems. We compare our approach with other RDF similarity measures, proving the validity of our algorithm with an extensive evaluation involving real users.
Abstract. The ultimate mission of a Recommender System (RS) is to help users discover items they might be interested in. In order to be really useful for the end-user, Content-based (CB) RSs need both to harvest as much information as possible about such items and to effectively handle it. The boom of Linked Open Data (LOD) datasets with their huge amount of semantically interrelated data is thus a great opportunity for boosting CB-RSs. In this paper we present a CB-RS that leverages LOD and profits from a neighborhood-based graph kernel. The proposed kernel is able to compute semantic item similarities by matching their local neighborhood graphs. Experimental evaluation on the MovieLens dataset shows that the proposed approach outperforms in terms of accuracy and novelty other competitive approaches.
Abstract. The recent spread of the so called Web of Data has made available a vast amount of interconnected data, paving the way to a new generation of ubiquitous applications able to exploit the information encoded in it. In this paper we present Cinemappy, a location-based application that computes contextual movie recommendations. Cinemappy refines the recommendation results of a content-based recommender system by exploiting contextual information related to the current spatial and temporal position of the user. The content-based engine leverages graph information within DBpedia, one of the best-known datasets publicly available in the Linked Open Data (LOD) project.
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