ITimeAwareRatingPredictor Interface Reference

Interface for time-aware rating predictors. More...

Inheritance diagram for ITimeAwareRatingPredictor:
IRatingPredictor IRecommender TimeAwareRatingPredictor TimeAwareBaseline TimeAwareBaselineWithFrequencies

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

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.
void LoadModel (string filename)
 Get the model parameters from a file.
float Predict (int user_id, int item_id)
 Predict rating or score for a given user-item combination.
float Predict (int user_id, int item_id, DateTime time)
 predict rating at a certain point in time
void SaveModel (string filename)
 Save the model parameters to a file.
string ToString ()
 Return a string representation of the recommender.
void Train ()
 Learn the model parameters of the recommender from the training data.

Properties

float MaxRating [get, set]
 Gets or sets the maximum rating.
float MinRating [get, set]
 Gets or sets the minimum rating.
ITimedRatings TimedRatings [get, set]
 training data that also contains the time information

Detailed Description

Interface for time-aware rating predictors.

Time-aware rating predictors use the information contained in the dates/times of the ratings to build more accurate models.

They may or may not use time information at prediction (as opposed to training) time.


Member Function Documentation

bool CanPredict ( int  user_id,
int  item_id 
) [inherited]

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_id the user ID
item_id the item ID
Returns:
true if a useful prediction can be made, false otherwise

Implemented in Ensemble, ItemRecommender, BiPolarSlopeOne, Constant, GlobalAverage, ItemAverage, Random, RatingPredictor, SlopeOne, and UserAverage.

void LoadModel ( string  filename  )  [inherited]
float Predict ( int  user_id,
int  item_id 
) [inherited]
float Predict ( int  user_id,
int  item_id,
DateTime  time 
)

predict rating at a certain point in time

Parameters:
user_id the user ID
item_id the item ID
time the time of the rating event

Implemented in TimeAwareBaseline, TimeAwareBaselineWithFrequencies, and TimeAwareRatingPredictor.

void SaveModel ( string  filename  )  [inherited]
string ToString (  )  [inherited]

Property Documentation

float MaxRating [get, set, inherited]

Gets or sets the maximum rating.

The maximally possible rating

Implemented in RatingPredictor.

float MinRating [get, set, inherited]

Gets or sets the minimum rating.

The minimally possible rating

Implemented in RatingPredictor.

training data that also contains the time information

Implemented in TimeAwareRatingPredictor.


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