ELIXIR: Learning from User Feedback on Explanations to Improve Recommender Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09388v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:43:49 GMT
• Title: ELIXIR: Learning from User Feedback on Explanations to Improve Recommender Models
• Authors: Azin Ghazimatin, Soumajit Pramanik, Rishiraj Saha Roy, Gerhard Weikum
• Abstract summary: We devise a human-in-the-loop framework, called ELIXIR, where user feedback on explanations is leveraged for pairwise learning of user preferences. ELIXIR leverages feedback on pairs of recommendations and explanations to learn user-specific latent preference vectors. Our framework is instantiated using generalized graph recommendation via Random Walk with Restart.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: System-provided explanations for recommendations are an important component towards transparent and trustworthy AI. In state-of-the-art research, this is a one-way signal, though, to improve user acceptance. In this paper, we turn the role of explanations around and investigate how they can contribute to enhancing the quality of generated recommendations themselves. We devise a human-in-the-loop framework, called ELIXIR, where user feedback on explanations is leveraged for pairwise learning of user preferences. ELIXIR leverages feedback on pairs of recommendations and explanations to learn user-specific latent preference vectors, overcoming sparseness by label propagation with item-similarity-based neighborhoods. Our framework is instantiated using generalized graph recommendation via Random Walk with Restart. Insightful experiments with a real user study show significant improvements in movie and book recommendations over item-level feedback.

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