Graph Neural Controlled Differential Equations For Collaborative Filtering

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Main Authors: Xu, Ke, Zhang, Weizhi, Song, Zihe, Zhu, Yuanjie, Yu, Philip S.
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Published: 2025
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author Xu, Ke
Zhang, Weizhi
Song, Zihe
Zhu, Yuanjie
Yu, Philip S.
author_facet Xu, Ke
Zhang, Weizhi
Song, Zihe
Zhu, Yuanjie
Yu, Philip S.
contents Graph Convolution Networks (GCNs) are widely considered state-of-the-art for recommendation systems. Several studies in the field of recommendation systems have attempted to apply collaborative filtering (CF) into the Neural ODE framework. These studies follow the same idea as LightGCN, which removes the weight matrix or with a discrete weight matrix. However, we argue that weight control is critical for neural ODE-based methods. The importance of weight in creating tailored graph convolution for each node is crucial, and employing a fixed/discrete weight means it cannot adjust over time within the ODE function. This rigidity in the graph convolution reduces its adaptability, consequently hindering the performance of recommendations. In this study, to create an optimal control for Neural ODE-based recommendation, we introduce a new method called Graph Neural Controlled Differential Equations for Collaborative Filtering (CDE-CF). Our method improves the performance of the Graph ODE-based method by incorporating weight control in a continuous manner. To evaluate our approach, we conducted experiments on various datasets. The results show that our method surpasses competing baselines, including GCNs-based models and state-of-the-art Graph ODE-based methods.
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spellingShingle Graph Neural Controlled Differential Equations For Collaborative Filtering
Xu, Ke
Zhang, Weizhi
Song, Zihe
Zhu, Yuanjie
Yu, Philip S.
Information Retrieval
Graph Convolution Networks (GCNs) are widely considered state-of-the-art for recommendation systems. Several studies in the field of recommendation systems have attempted to apply collaborative filtering (CF) into the Neural ODE framework. These studies follow the same idea as LightGCN, which removes the weight matrix or with a discrete weight matrix. However, we argue that weight control is critical for neural ODE-based methods. The importance of weight in creating tailored graph convolution for each node is crucial, and employing a fixed/discrete weight means it cannot adjust over time within the ODE function. This rigidity in the graph convolution reduces its adaptability, consequently hindering the performance of recommendations. In this study, to create an optimal control for Neural ODE-based recommendation, we introduce a new method called Graph Neural Controlled Differential Equations for Collaborative Filtering (CDE-CF). Our method improves the performance of the Graph ODE-based method by incorporating weight control in a continuous manner. To evaluate our approach, we conducted experiments on various datasets. The results show that our method surpasses competing baselines, including GCNs-based models and state-of-the-art Graph ODE-based methods.
title Graph Neural Controlled Differential Equations For Collaborative Filtering
topic Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13908