Responsible RecSys by Design: Approximation Algorithms for Calibrated Recommendations with Sponsored Items

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Title: Responsible RecSys by Design: Approximation Algorithms for Calibrated Recommendations with Sponsored Items
Authors: Jing Yuan, Shaojie Tang, Shuzhang Cai, Yao Wang
Source: Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 19:2197-2209
Publisher Information: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Description: Calibrated Recommendation Systems (CRS) balance user preferences with constraints like diversity, fairness, and novelty to create inclusive recommendation lists. However, existing research often overlooks the mandatory inclusion of sponsored items, assuming unrestricted product selection. In practice, sponsored items, paid for by advertisers, must be included, which can conflict with CRS goals when advertisers' priorities misalign with system objectives. This paper addresses this gap by formulating CRS with sponsored items as a combinatorial optimization problem. We develop efficient approximation algorithms to generate the most calibrated recommendation lists while meeting sponsorship requirements.
Document Type: Article
ISSN: 2334-0770
2162-3449
DOI: 10.1609/icwsm.v19i1.35928
Accession Number: edsair.doi...........aab83d039da21661e80885a2829d75d3
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Calibrated Recommendation Systems (CRS) balance user preferences with constraints like diversity, fairness, and novelty to create inclusive recommendation lists. However, existing research often overlooks the mandatory inclusion of sponsored items, assuming unrestricted product selection. In practice, sponsored items, paid for by advertisers, must be included, which can conflict with CRS goals when advertisers' priorities misalign with system objectives. This paper addresses this gap by formulating CRS with sponsored items as a combinatorial optimization problem. We develop efficient approximation algorithms to generate the most calibrated recommendation lists while meeting sponsorship requirements.
ISSN:23340770
21623449
DOI:10.1609/icwsm.v19i1.35928