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Music is a highly subjective domain, which makes it a challenging research area for recommender systems. In this paper, we present our TRecS (Track Recommender System) prototype, a hybrid recommender that blends three different recommender techniques into one score. Since traceability is an important issue for the acceptance of recommender systems by users, we have implemented a detailed explanation feature that supports transparency about the contribution of each sub-recommender for the overall result. To avoid overspecialization, TRecS peppers the result list with recommendations that are based on a serendipity metric. This way, users can benefit from both recommendations aligned with their current taste while gaining some diversification.
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Franz, S., Hornung, T., Ziegler, CN., Przyjaciel-Zablocki, M., Schätzle, A., Lausen, G. (2013). On Weighted Hybrid Track Recommendations. In: Daniel, F., Dolog, P., Li, Q. (eds) Web Engineering. ICWE 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7977. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39200-9_41
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