Anything Fun Going On?: A Simple Wizard to Avoid the Cold-Start Problem for Event Recommenders

Authors

Stacey Donohue, relEVENTcity
Nevena Dragovic, Boise State UniversityFollow
Maria Soledad Pera, Boise State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

In this demo, we showcase a set up wizard designed to bypass the cold start problem that often affects recommendation systems in the event domain. We have developed a mobile application for tourists, RelEVENT, which allows them to quickly and non-intrusively set up preferences and/or interests related to events. This will directly affect the degree to which they can receive personalized recommendations on-the-fly and become aware of events happening around town that might be appealing to them.

Copyright Statement

This document was originally published in RecTour 2016 - Proceedings of the Workshop on Recommenders in Tourism, co-located with 10th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys 2016 by CEUR-WS. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Publication Information

Donohue, Stacey; Dragovic, Nevena; and Pera, Maria Soledad. (2016). "Anything Fun Going On?: A Simple Wizard to Avoid the Cold-Start Problem for Event Recommenders". RecTour 2016: Proceedings of the Workshop on Recommenders in Tourism, co-located with 10th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, RecSys 2016, 168547-48.