Graph-Sequential Alignment and Uniformity: Toward Enhanced Recommendation Systems

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Main Authors: Cao, Yuwei, Yang, Liangwei, Liu, Zhiwei, Liu, Yuqing, Wang, Chen, Liang, Yueqing, Peng, Hao, Yu, Philip S.
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Published: 2024
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author Cao, Yuwei
Yang, Liangwei
Liu, Zhiwei
Liu, Yuqing
Wang, Chen
Liang, Yueqing
Peng, Hao
Yu, Philip S.
author_facet Cao, Yuwei
Yang, Liangwei
Liu, Zhiwei
Liu, Yuqing
Wang, Chen
Liang, Yueqing
Peng, Hao
Yu, Philip S.
contents Graph-based and sequential methods are two popular recommendation paradigms, each excelling in its domain but lacking the ability to leverage signals from the other. To address this, we propose a novel method that integrates both approaches for enhanced performance. Our framework uses Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based and sequential recommenders as separate submodules while sharing a unified embedding space optimized jointly. To enable positive knowledge transfer, we design a loss function that enforces alignment and uniformity both within and across submodules. Experiments on three real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms using either approach alone and achieves state-of-the-art results. Our implementations are publicly available at https://github.com/YuweiCao-UIC/GSAU.git.
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spellingShingle Graph-Sequential Alignment and Uniformity: Toward Enhanced Recommendation Systems
Cao, Yuwei
Yang, Liangwei
Liu, Zhiwei
Liu, Yuqing
Wang, Chen
Liang, Yueqing
Peng, Hao
Yu, Philip S.
Information Retrieval
Graph-based and sequential methods are two popular recommendation paradigms, each excelling in its domain but lacking the ability to leverage signals from the other. To address this, we propose a novel method that integrates both approaches for enhanced performance. Our framework uses Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based and sequential recommenders as separate submodules while sharing a unified embedding space optimized jointly. To enable positive knowledge transfer, we design a loss function that enforces alignment and uniformity both within and across submodules. Experiments on three real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms using either approach alone and achieves state-of-the-art results. Our implementations are publicly available at https://github.com/YuweiCao-UIC/GSAU.git.
title Graph-Sequential Alignment and Uniformity: Toward Enhanced Recommendation Systems
topic Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04276