The Pure Cold-Start Problem: A deep study about how to conquer first-time users in recommendations domains

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Highlights：

• Use of complementary non-personalized RSs to conquer most first-time users.

• The evaluation of new research hypotheses related to the Pure Cold Start.

• The proposal of two novel solutions to mitigate the Pure Cold Start problem.

• Discussion about some practical implications of this study in real scenarios.

摘要

•Use of complementary non-personalized RSs to conquer most first-time users.•The evaluation of new research hypotheses related to the Pure Cold Start.•The proposal of two novel solutions to mitigate the Pure Cold Start problem.•Discussion about some practical implications of this study in real scenarios.

论文关键词：Non-personalized recommender systems,Pure Cold-Start problem,First-time users,e-commerce systems

论文评审过程：Received 22 June 2018, Revised 20 August 2018, Accepted 11 September 2018, Available online 26 September 2018, Version of Record 3 October 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2018.09.001