Design Criteria for Transparent Mobile Event Recommendations

Recommender systems assist the user to overcome the information overflow of today’s information society. When a recommendation failed, user’s trust in a system decreases due to the fact that most recommender systems act as black boxes. They don’t offer any insight into the systems logic and cannot be questioned as it is normal for recommendations between humans. Users don’t know how and which personal information is processed. Transparency, which is about explaining to the user why a recommendation is made, allows understanding the nature of a recommendation. Within a mobile environment, it is possible to address the user more individualized but transparency needs a completely different way of visualization and interaction. The paper in hand aims at an analysis of a survey which asked about the kind of style element as well as how much information should be visualized on a mobile device in order to offer transparency

SKYLINE QUERY BASED ON USER PREFERENCES IN CELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS

The recommendation system is an important tool for providing personalized suggestions to users about products or services. However, previous research on individual recommendation systems using skyline queries has not considered the dynamic personal preferences of users. Therefore, this study aims to develop an individual recommendation model based on the current individual preferences and user location in a mobile environment. We propose an RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) score-based algorithm to predict the current individual preferences of users. This research utilizes the skyline query method to recommend local cuisine that aligns with the individual preferences of users. The attributes used in selecting suitable local cuisine include individual preferences, price, and distance between the user and the local cuisine seller. The proposed algorithm has been implemented in the JALITA mobile-based Indonesian local cuisine recommendation system. The results effectively recommend local cuisine that matches the dynamic individual preferences and location of users. Based on the implementation results, individual recommendations are provided to mobile users anytime and anywhere they are located. In this study, three skyline objects are generated: soto betawi (C5), Mie Aceh Daging Goreng (C4), and Gado-gado betawi (C3), which are recommended local cuisine based on the current individual preferences (U1) and user location (L1). The implementation results are exemplified for one user located at (U1L1), providing recommendations for soto betawi (C5) with an individual preference score of 0.96, Mie Aceh Daging Goreng (C4) with an individual preference score of 0.93, and Gado-gado betawi (C3) with an individual preference score of 0.98. Thus, this research contributes to the field of individual recommendation systems by considering the dynamic user location and preferences

Challenges in context-aware mobile language learning: the MASELTOV approach

Smartphones, as highly portable networked computing devices with embedded sensors including GPS receivers, are ideal platforms to support context-aware language learning. They can enable learning when the user is en-gaged in everyday activities while out and about, complementing formal language classes. A significant challenge, however, has been the practical implementation of services that can accurately identify and make use of context, particularly location, to offer meaningful language learning recommendations to users. In this paper we review a range of approaches to identifying context to support mobile language learning. We consider how dynamically changing aspects of context may influence the quality of recommendations presented to a user. We introduce the MASELTOV project’s use of context awareness combined with a rules-based recommendation engine to present suitable learning content to recent immigrants in urban areas; a group that may benefit from contextual support and can use the city as a learning environment

Advanced recommendations in a mobile tourist information system

An advanced tourist information provider system delivers information regarding sights and events on their users' travel route. In order to give sophisticated personalized information about tourist attractions to their users, the system is required to consider base data which are user preferences defined in their user profiles, user context, sights context, user travel history as well as their feedback given to the sighs they have visited. In addition to sights information, recommendation on sights to the user could also be provided. This project concentrates on combinations of knowledge on recommendation systems and base information given by the users to build a recommendation component in the Tourist Information Provider or TIP system. To accomplish our goal, we not only examine several tourist information systems but also conduct the investigation on recommendation systems. We propose a number of approaches for advanced recommendation models in a tourist information system and select a subset of these for implementation to prove the concept

Online banking customization via tag-based interaction

In this paper, we describe ongoing work on online banking customization with a particular focus on interaction. The scope of the study is confined to the Australian banking context where the lack of customization is evident. This paper puts forward the notion of using tags to facilitate personalized interactions in online banking. We argue that tags can afford simple and intuitive interactions unique to every individual in both online and mobile environments. Firstly, through a review of related literature, we frame our work in the customization domain. Secondly, we define a range of taggable resources in online banking. Thirdly, we describe our preliminary prototype implementation with respect to interaction customization types. Lastly, we conclude with a discussion on future work

A personalized and context-aware news offer for mobile devices

For classical domains, such as movies, recommender systems have proven their usefulness. But recommending news is more challenging due to the short life span of news content and the demand for up-to-date recommendations. This paper presents a news recommendation service with a content-based algorithm that uses features of a search engine for content processing and indexing, and a collaborative filtering algorithm for serendipity. The extension towards a context-aware algorithm is made to assess the information value of context in a mobile environment through a user study. Analyzing interaction behavior and feedback of users on three recommendation approaches shows that interaction with the content is crucial input for user modeling. Context-aware recommendations using time and device type as context data outperform traditional recommendations with an accuracy gain dependent on the contextual situation. These findings demonstrate that the user experience of news services can be improved by a personalized context-aware news offer