High-dimensional and incomplete(HDI) matrices are primarily generated in all kinds of big-data-related practical applications. A latent factor analysis(LFA) model is capable of conducting efficient representation lear...High-dimensional and incomplete(HDI) matrices are primarily generated in all kinds of big-data-related practical applications. A latent factor analysis(LFA) model is capable of conducting efficient representation learning to an HDI matrix,whose hyper-parameter adaptation can be implemented through a particle swarm optimizer(PSO) to meet scalable requirements.However, conventional PSO is limited by its premature issues,which leads to the accuracy loss of a resultant LFA model. To address this thorny issue, this study merges the information of each particle's state migration into its evolution process following the principle of a generalized momentum method for improving its search ability, thereby building a state-migration particle swarm optimizer(SPSO), whose theoretical convergence is rigorously proved in this study. It is then incorporated into an LFA model for implementing efficient hyper-parameter adaptation without accuracy loss. Experiments on six HDI matrices indicate that an SPSO-incorporated LFA model outperforms state-of-the-art LFA models in terms of prediction accuracy for missing data of an HDI matrix with competitive computational efficiency.Hence, SPSO's use ensures efficient and reliable hyper-parameter adaptation in an LFA model, thus ensuring practicality and accurate representation learning for HDI matrices.展开更多
Latent factor(LF)models are highly effective in extracting useful knowledge from High-Dimensional and Sparse(HiDS)matrices which are commonly seen in various industrial applications.An LF model usually adopts iterativ...Latent factor(LF)models are highly effective in extracting useful knowledge from High-Dimensional and Sparse(HiDS)matrices which are commonly seen in various industrial applications.An LF model usually adopts iterative optimizers,which may consume many iterations to achieve a local optima,resulting in considerable time cost.Hence,determining how to accelerate the training process for LF models has become a significant issue.To address this,this work proposes a randomized latent factor(RLF)model.It incorporates the principle of randomized learning techniques from neural networks into the LF analysis of HiDS matrices,thereby greatly alleviating computational burden.It also extends a standard learning process for randomized neural networks in context of LF analysis to make the resulting model represent an HiDS matrix correctly.Experimental results on three HiDS matrices from industrial applications demonstrate that compared with state-of-the-art LF models,RLF is able to achieve significantly higher computational efficiency and comparable prediction accuracy for missing data.I provides an important alternative approach to LF analysis of HiDS matrices,which is especially desired for industrial applications demanding highly efficient models.展开更多
A recommender system(RS)relying on latent factor analysis usually adopts stochastic gradient descent(SGD)as its learning algorithm.However,owing to its serial mechanism,an SGD algorithm suffers from low efficiency and...A recommender system(RS)relying on latent factor analysis usually adopts stochastic gradient descent(SGD)as its learning algorithm.However,owing to its serial mechanism,an SGD algorithm suffers from low efficiency and scalability when handling large-scale industrial problems.Aiming at addressing this issue,this study proposes a momentum-incorporated parallel stochastic gradient descent(MPSGD)algorithm,whose main idea is two-fold:a)implementing parallelization via a novel datasplitting strategy,and b)accelerating convergence rate by integrating momentum effects into its training process.With it,an MPSGD-based latent factor(MLF)model is achieved,which is capable of performing efficient and high-quality recommendations.Experimental results on four high-dimensional and sparse matrices generated by industrial RS indicate that owing to an MPSGD algorithm,an MLF model outperforms the existing state-of-the-art ones in both computational efficiency and scalability.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62372385, 62272078, 62002337)the Chongqing Natural Science Foundation (CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX1486, CSTB2023NSCQ-LZX0069)the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (RG-12-135-43)。
文摘High-dimensional and incomplete(HDI) matrices are primarily generated in all kinds of big-data-related practical applications. A latent factor analysis(LFA) model is capable of conducting efficient representation learning to an HDI matrix,whose hyper-parameter adaptation can be implemented through a particle swarm optimizer(PSO) to meet scalable requirements.However, conventional PSO is limited by its premature issues,which leads to the accuracy loss of a resultant LFA model. To address this thorny issue, this study merges the information of each particle's state migration into its evolution process following the principle of a generalized momentum method for improving its search ability, thereby building a state-migration particle swarm optimizer(SPSO), whose theoretical convergence is rigorously proved in this study. It is then incorporated into an LFA model for implementing efficient hyper-parameter adaptation without accuracy loss. Experiments on six HDI matrices indicate that an SPSO-incorporated LFA model outperforms state-of-the-art LFA models in terms of prediction accuracy for missing data of an HDI matrix with competitive computational efficiency.Hence, SPSO's use ensures efficient and reliable hyper-parameter adaptation in an LFA model, thus ensuring practicality and accurate representation learning for HDI matrices.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (6177249391646114)+1 种基金Chongqing research program of technology innovation and application (cstc2017rgzn-zdyfX0020)in part by the Pioneer Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Latent factor(LF)models are highly effective in extracting useful knowledge from High-Dimensional and Sparse(HiDS)matrices which are commonly seen in various industrial applications.An LF model usually adopts iterative optimizers,which may consume many iterations to achieve a local optima,resulting in considerable time cost.Hence,determining how to accelerate the training process for LF models has become a significant issue.To address this,this work proposes a randomized latent factor(RLF)model.It incorporates the principle of randomized learning techniques from neural networks into the LF analysis of HiDS matrices,thereby greatly alleviating computational burden.It also extends a standard learning process for randomized neural networks in context of LF analysis to make the resulting model represent an HiDS matrix correctly.Experimental results on three HiDS matrices from industrial applications demonstrate that compared with state-of-the-art LF models,RLF is able to achieve significantly higher computational efficiency and comparable prediction accuracy for missing data.I provides an important alternative approach to LF analysis of HiDS matrices,which is especially desired for industrial applications demanding highly efficient models.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61772493)the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR)at King Abdulaziz University(RG-48-135-40)+1 种基金Guangdong Province Universities and College Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme(2019)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(cstc2019jcyjjqX0013)。
文摘A recommender system(RS)relying on latent factor analysis usually adopts stochastic gradient descent(SGD)as its learning algorithm.However,owing to its serial mechanism,an SGD algorithm suffers from low efficiency and scalability when handling large-scale industrial problems.Aiming at addressing this issue,this study proposes a momentum-incorporated parallel stochastic gradient descent(MPSGD)algorithm,whose main idea is two-fold:a)implementing parallelization via a novel datasplitting strategy,and b)accelerating convergence rate by integrating momentum effects into its training process.With it,an MPSGD-based latent factor(MLF)model is achieved,which is capable of performing efficient and high-quality recommendations.Experimental results on four high-dimensional and sparse matrices generated by industrial RS indicate that owing to an MPSGD algorithm,an MLF model outperforms the existing state-of-the-art ones in both computational efficiency and scalability.