Towards a Better Understanding of Linear Models for Recommendation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12937v1
• Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 04:17:04 GMT
• Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Linear Models for Recommendation
• Authors: Ruoming Jin and Dong Li and Jing Gao and Zhi Liu and Li Chen and Yang Zhou
• Abstract summary: We derivation and analysis the closed-form solutions for two basic regression and matrix factorization approaches. We introduce a new learning algorithm in searching (hyper) parameters for the closed-form solution. The experimental results demonstrate that the basic models and their closed-form solutions are indeed quite competitive against the state-of-the-art models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Recently, linear regression models, such as EASE and SLIM, have shown to often produce rather competitive results against more sophisticated deep learning models. On the other side, the (weighted) matrix factorization approaches have been popular choices for recommendation in the past and widely adopted in the industry. In this work, we aim to theoretically understand the relationship between these two approaches, which are the cornerstones of model-based recommendations. Through the derivation and analysis of the closed-form solutions for two basic regression and matrix factorization approaches, we found these two approaches are indeed inherently related but also diverge in how they "scale-down" the singular values of the original user-item interaction matrix. This analysis also helps resolve the questions related to the regularization parameter range and model complexities. We further introduce a new learning algorithm in searching (hyper)parameters for the closed-form solution and utilize it to discover the nearby models of the existing solutions. The experimental results demonstrate that the basic models and their closed-form solutions are indeed quite competitive against the state-of-the-art models, thus, confirming the validity of studying the basic models. The effectiveness of exploring the nearby models are also experimentally validated.

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