The field of recommender systems is moving towards more complex and nuanced models that can handle multi-domain interactions, sequential behaviors, and diverse user preferences. Researchers are exploring new architectures and techniques, such as Gaussian mixture flow matching, tri-matrix factorization, and inductive transfer learning, to improve the accuracy and fairness of recommendations. Noteworthy papers include GMFlowRec, which achieves state-of-the-art performance in multi-domain sequential recommendation, and WeaveRec, which introduces a novel model merging approach for cross-domain sequential recommendation. Additionally, papers like TriMat and MICRec demonstrate the effectiveness of incorporating contextual information and multimodal guidance in recommendation models. Overall, the field is shifting towards more robust and generalizable models that can handle real-world complexities and provide personalized recommendations to users.
Advances in Recommender Systems
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Gaussian Mixture Flow Matching with Domain Alignment for Multi-Domain Sequential Recommendation
Modeling Bias Evolution in Fashion Recommender Systems: A System Dynamics Approach
TriMat: Context-aware Recommendation by Tri-Matrix Factorization
Unifying Inductive, Cross-Domain, and Multimodal Learning for Robust and Generalizable Recommendation
Inductive Transfer Learning for Graph-Based Recommenders
WBT-BGRL: A Non-Contrastive Weighted Bipartite Link Prediction Model for Inductive Learning
Revisiting scalable sequential recommendation with Multi-Embedding Approach and Mixture-of-Experts
Dual Mixture-of-Experts Framework for Discrete-Time Survival Analysis
Vectorized Context-Aware Embeddings for GAT-Based Collaborative Filtering
WeaveRec: An LLM-Based Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation Framework with Model Merging