EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL

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Main Author: Dr. Deepjyoti Roy, Prof. Dr. Rohini Pundalik Onkare, Muthumari, Amit S. Tiwari, Shah Rakesh Jagdishchandra, Amartya Ghosh, Dr. Nagendra Nath Giri
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author Dr. Deepjyoti Roy, Prof. Dr. Rohini Pundalik Onkare, Muthumari, Amit S. Tiwari, Shah Rakesh Jagdishchandra, Amartya Ghosh, Dr. Nagendra Nath Giri
author_facet Dr. Deepjyoti Roy, Prof. Dr. Rohini Pundalik Onkare, Muthumari, Amit S. Tiwari, Shah Rakesh Jagdishchandra, Amartya Ghosh, Dr. Nagendra Nath Giri
contents <p class="MsoBodyText">Personalized<span> </span>recommender<span> </span>systems<span> </span>play<span> </span>a<span> </span>central<span> </span>role<span> </span>in<span> </span>modern<span> </span>digital<span> </span>platforms,<span> </span>yet<span> </span>many<span> </span>high-performing models<span> </span>operate<span> </span>as<span> </span>opaque<span> </span>systems,<span> </span>limiting<span> </span>user<span> </span>trust<span> </span>and<span> </span>practical<span> </span>adoption.<span> </span>Explainable<span> </span>artificial<span> </span>intelligence has<span> </span>emerged<span> </span>as<span> </span>a<span> </span>promising<span> </span>approach<span> </span>to<span> </span>address<span> </span>this<span> </span>challenge<span> </span>by<span> </span>enhancing<span> </span>transparency while<span> </span>maintaining predictive capability. This study investigates the impact of integrating explainable features into a deep learning-based personalized recommender system to improve both performance and interpretability. Using the<span> </span>REASONER<span> </span>dataset,<span> </span>which<span> </span>includes<span> </span>user-item<span> </span>interactions<span> </span>enriched<span> </span>with<span> </span>user<span> </span>attributes,<span> </span>personality<span> </span>traits, and multi-aspect tags, a logistic regression model was implemented as a baseline and compared with a feedforward<span> </span>neural<span> </span>network.<span> </span>Model<span> </span>performance<span> </span>was<span> </span>evaluated<span> </span>using<span> </span>accuracy,<span> </span>precision,<span> </span>recall,<span> </span>F1<span> </span>score,<span> </span>and ROC-AUC,<span> </span>with<span> </span>threshold<span> </span>tuning<span> </span>and<span> </span>feature<span> </span>importance<span> </span>analysis<span> </span>applied<span> </span>to<span> </span>optimize<span> </span>and<span> </span>interpret<span> </span>the<span> </span>neural network.<span> </span>The<span> </span>results<span> </span>show<span> </span>that<span> </span>the<span> </span>neural<span> </span>network<span> </span>achieved<span> </span>superior<span> </span>discriminative<span> </span>performance<span> </span>with<span> </span>a<span> </span>ROC-AUC<span> </span>of<span> </span>0.729<span> </span>and<span> </span>improved<span> </span>minority-class<span> </span>recall<span> </span>after<span> </span>optimization.<span> </span>Feature<span> </span>importance<span> </span>analysis<span> </span>revealed<span> </span>that interest tags, video tags, and reason-based attributes were the most influential predictors, whereas demographic variables contributed less significantly. These findings indicate that incorporating explainable, behavior-driven features enhances both the effectiveness and transparency of recommendation models. Overall, the study highlights the importance of combining deep learning with explainable inputs to develop more reliable, user-centered recommender systems.</p>
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spellingShingle EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL
Dr. Deepjyoti Roy, Prof. Dr. Rohini Pundalik Onkare, Muthumari, Amit S. Tiwari, Shah Rakesh Jagdishchandra, Amartya Ghosh, Dr. Nagendra Nath Giri
explainable artificial intelligence, recommender systems, deep learning, personalization, transparency
<p class="MsoBodyText">Personalized<span> </span>recommender<span> </span>systems<span> </span>play<span> </span>a<span> </span>central<span> </span>role<span> </span>in<span> </span>modern<span> </span>digital<span> </span>platforms,<span> </span>yet<span> </span>many<span> </span>high-performing models<span> </span>operate<span> </span>as<span> </span>opaque<span> </span>systems,<span> </span>limiting<span> </span>user<span> </span>trust<span> </span>and<span> </span>practical<span> </span>adoption.<span> </span>Explainable<span> </span>artificial<span> </span>intelligence has<span> </span>emerged<span> </span>as<span> </span>a<span> </span>promising<span> </span>approach<span> </span>to<span> </span>address<span> </span>this<span> </span>challenge<span> </span>by<span> </span>enhancing<span> </span>transparency while<span> </span>maintaining predictive capability. This study investigates the impact of integrating explainable features into a deep learning-based personalized recommender system to improve both performance and interpretability. Using the<span> </span>REASONER<span> </span>dataset,<span> </span>which<span> </span>includes<span> </span>user-item<span> </span>interactions<span> </span>enriched<span> </span>with<span> </span>user<span> </span>attributes,<span> </span>personality<span> </span>traits, and multi-aspect tags, a logistic regression model was implemented as a baseline and compared with a feedforward<span> </span>neural<span> </span>network.<span> </span>Model<span> </span>performance<span> </span>was<span> </span>evaluated<span> </span>using<span> </span>accuracy,<span> </span>precision,<span> </span>recall,<span> </span>F1<span> </span>score,<span> </span>and ROC-AUC,<span> </span>with<span> </span>threshold<span> </span>tuning<span> </span>and<span> </span>feature<span> </span>importance<span> </span>analysis<span> </span>applied<span> </span>to<span> </span>optimize<span> </span>and<span> </span>interpret<span> </span>the<span> </span>neural network.<span> </span>The<span> </span>results<span> </span>show<span> </span>that<span> </span>the<span> </span>neural<span> </span>network<span> </span>achieved<span> </span>superior<span> </span>discriminative<span> </span>performance<span> </span>with<span> </span>a<span> </span>ROC-AUC<span> </span>of<span> </span>0.729<span> </span>and<span> </span>improved<span> </span>minority-class<span> </span>recall<span> </span>after<span> </span>optimization.<span> </span>Feature<span> </span>importance<span> </span>analysis<span> </span>revealed<span> </span>that interest tags, video tags, and reason-based attributes were the most influential predictors, whereas demographic variables contributed less significantly. These findings indicate that incorporating explainable, behavior-driven features enhances both the effectiveness and transparency of recommendation models. Overall, the study highlights the importance of combining deep learning with explainable inputs to develop more reliable, user-centered recommender systems.</p>
title EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL
topic explainable artificial intelligence, recommender systems, deep learning, personalization, transparency
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20078428