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KNN Class Referenceabstract

Base class for item recommenders that use some kind of k-nearest neighbors (kNN) model More...

Inheritance diagram for KNN:
IncrementalItemRecommender ItemRecommender IIncrementalItemRecommender Recommender IIncrementalRecommender IRecommender ItemKNN UserKNN ItemAttributeKNN UserAttributeKNN

Public Member Functions

virtual void AddFeedback (ICollection< Tuple< int, int >> feedback)
 Add positive feedback events and perform incremental training More...
 
virtual bool CanPredict (int user_id, int item_id)
 Check whether a useful prediction (i.e. not using a fallback/default answer) can be made for a given user-item combination More...
 
Object Clone ()
 create a shallow copy of the object More...
 
 KNN ()
 Default constructor More...
 
override void LoadModel (string filename)
 Get the model parameters from a file More...
 
abstract float Predict (int user_id, int item_id)
 Predict rating or score for a given user-item combination More...
 
IList< Tuple< int, float > > Recommend (int user_id, int n=-1, ICollection< int > ignore_items=null, ICollection< int > candidate_items=null)
 Recommend items for a given user More...
 
virtual System.Collections.Generic.IList< Tuple< int, float > > Recommend (int user_id, int n=-1, System.Collections.Generic.ICollection< int > ignore_items=null, System.Collections.Generic.ICollection< int > candidate_items=null)
 
virtual void RemoveFeedback (ICollection< Tuple< int, int >> feedback)
 Remove all feedback events by the given user-item combinations More...
 
virtual void RemoveItem (int item_id)
 Remove all feedback by one item More...
 
virtual void RemoveUser (int user_id)
 Remove all feedback by one user More...
 
override void SaveModel (string filename)
 Save the model parameters to a file More...
 
override string ToString ()
 Return a string representation of the recommender More...
 
override void Train ()
 Learn the model parameters of the recommender from the training data More...
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void AddItem (int item_id)
 
virtual void AddUser (int user_id)
 
void RecomputeNeighbors (ICollection< int > update_entities)
 
void ResizeNearestNeighbors (int new_size)
 Resizes the nearest neighbors list if necessary More...
 

Protected Attributes

IBinaryDataCorrelationMatrix correlation_matrix
 Correlation matrix over some kind of entity, e.g. users or items More...
 
uint k = 80
 The number of neighbors to take into account for prediction More...
 
IList< IList< int > > nearest_neighbors
 Precomputed nearest neighbors More...
 

Properties

float Alpha [get, set]
 Alpha parameter for BidirectionalConditionalProbability More...
 
BinaryCorrelationType Correlation [get, set]
 The kind of correlation to use More...
 
abstract IBooleanMatrix DataMatrix [get]
 data matrix to learn the correlation from More...
 
virtual IPosOnlyFeedback Feedback [get, set]
 the feedback data to be used for training More...
 
uint K [get, set]
 The number of neighbors to take into account for prediction More...
 
int MaxItemID [get, set]
 Maximum item ID More...
 
int MaxUserID [get, set]
 Maximum user ID More...
 
float Q [get, set]
 Exponent to be used for transforming the neighbor's weights More...
 
bool UpdateItems [get, set]
 
bool UpdateUsers [get, set]
 
bool Weighted [get, set]
 Gets or sets a value indicating whether this MyMediaLite.ItemRecommendation.KNN is weighted. More...
 

Detailed Description

Base class for item recommenders that use some kind of k-nearest neighbors (kNN) model

See also
MyMediaLite.ItemRecommendation.KNN

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KNN ( )
inline

Default constructor

Member Function Documentation

virtual void AddFeedback ( ICollection< Tuple< int, int >>  feedback)
inlinevirtualinherited

Add positive feedback events and perform incremental training

Parameters
feedbackcollection of user id - item id tuples

Implements IIncrementalItemRecommender.

Reimplemented in UserKNN, ItemKNN, MostPopular, and MF.

virtual bool CanPredict ( int  user_id,
int  item_id 
)
inlinevirtualinherited

Check whether a useful prediction (i.e. not using a fallback/default answer) can be made for a given user-item combination

It is up to the recommender implementor to decide when a prediction is useful, and to document it accordingly.

Parameters
user_idthe user ID
item_idthe item ID
Returns
true if a useful prediction can be made, false otherwise

Implements IRecommender.

Reimplemented in ExternalItemRecommender, ExternalRatingPredictor, BiPolarSlopeOne, SlopeOne, Constant, GlobalAverage, UserAverage, ItemAverage, and Random.

Object Clone ( )
inlineinherited

create a shallow copy of the object

override void LoadModel ( string  filename)
inlinevirtual

Get the model parameters from a file

Parameters
filenamethe name of the file to read from

Reimplemented from Recommender.

abstract float Predict ( int  user_id,
int  item_id 
)
pure virtualinherited
IList<Tuple<int, float> > Recommend ( int  user_id,
int  n = -1,
ICollection< int >  ignore_items = null,
ICollection< int >  candidate_items = null 
)
inherited

Recommend items for a given user

Parameters
user_idthe user ID
nthe number of items to recommend, -1 for as many as possible
ignore_itemscollection if items that should not be returned; if null, use empty collection
candidate_itemsthe candidate items to choose from; if null, use all items
Returns
a sorted list of (item_id, score) tuples

Implemented in WeightedEnsemble, and Ensemble.

virtual void RemoveFeedback ( ICollection< Tuple< int, int >>  feedback)
inlinevirtualinherited

Remove all feedback events by the given user-item combinations

Parameters
feedbackcollection of user id - item id tuples

Implements IIncrementalItemRecommender.

Reimplemented in UserKNN, MostPopular, ItemKNN, and MF.

virtual void RemoveItem ( int  item_id)
inlinevirtualinherited

Remove all feedback by one item

Parameters
item_idthe item ID

Implements IIncrementalRecommender.

Reimplemented in BPRMF, BPRSLIM, LeastSquareSLIM, MF, and MostPopular.

virtual void RemoveUser ( int  user_id)
inlinevirtualinherited

Remove all feedback by one user

Parameters
user_idthe user ID

Implements IIncrementalRecommender.

Reimplemented in LeastSquareSLIM, MF, and MostPopular.

void ResizeNearestNeighbors ( int  new_size)
inlineprotected

Resizes the nearest neighbors list if necessary

Parameters
new_sizethe new size
override void SaveModel ( string  filename)
inlinevirtual

Save the model parameters to a file

Parameters
filenamethe name of the file to write to

Reimplemented from Recommender.

override string ToString ( )
inline

Return a string representation of the recommender

The ToString() method of recommenders should list the class name and all hyperparameters, separated by space characters.

Implements IRecommender.

override void Train ( )
inlinevirtual

Learn the model parameters of the recommender from the training data

Implements Recommender.

Reimplemented in UserKNN.

Member Data Documentation

IBinaryDataCorrelationMatrix correlation_matrix
protected

Correlation matrix over some kind of entity, e.g. users or items

uint k = 80
protected

The number of neighbors to take into account for prediction

IList<IList<int> > nearest_neighbors
protected

Precomputed nearest neighbors

Property Documentation

float Alpha
getset

Alpha parameter for BidirectionalConditionalProbability

BinaryCorrelationType Correlation
getset

The kind of correlation to use

abstract IBooleanMatrix DataMatrix
getprotected

data matrix to learn the correlation from

virtual IPosOnlyFeedback Feedback
getsetinherited

the feedback data to be used for training

uint K
getset

The number of neighbors to take into account for prediction

int MaxItemID
getsetinherited

Maximum item ID

int MaxUserID
getsetinherited

Maximum user ID

float Q
getset

Exponent to be used for transforming the neighbor's weights

A value of 0 leads to counting of the relevant neighbors. 1 is the usual weighted prediction. Values greater than 1 give higher weight to higher correlated neighbors.

TODO LIT

bool Weighted
getset

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this MyMediaLite.ItemRecommendation.KNN is weighted.

TODO add literature reference


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