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Music recommender systems. Proof of concept
Data overload is a well-known problem due to the availability of big on-line
distributed databases. While providing a wealth of information the difficulties to
find the sought data and the necessary time spent in the search call for technological
solutions. Classical search engines alleviate this problem and at the same time
have transformed the way people access to the information they are interested in.
On the other hand, Internet also has changed the music consuming habits around
the world. It is possible to find almost every recorded song or music piece. Over
the last years music streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon
Music have contributed to a substantial change of users’ listening habits and the
way music is commercialized and distributed. On-demand music platforms offer
their users a huge catalogue so they can do a quick search and listen what
they want or build up their personal library. In this context Music Recommender
Systems may help users to discover music that match their tastes. Therefore music
recommender systems are a powerful tool to make the most of an immense
catalogue, impossible to be fully known by a human.
This project aims at testing different music recommendation approaches applied
to the particular case of users playlists. Several recommender alternatives
were designed and evaluated: collaborative filtering systems, content-based systems
and hybrid recommender systems that combine both techniques.
Two systems are proposed. One system is content-based and uses correlation
between tracks characterized by high-level descriptors and the other is an hybrid
recommender that first apply a collaborative method to filter the database and then
computes the final recommendation using Gaussian Mixture Models. Recommendations
were evaluated using objective metrics and human evaluations, obtaining
positive results.IngenierĂa de Sistemas Audiovisuale