On Analyzing User Musical Preferences Evolution through Temporal Similarity Networks

Authors

  • Fabíola Souza Fernandes Pereira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • Claudio D. G. Linhares Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • Jean R. Ponciano Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • João Gama Universidade do Porto
  • Sandra de Amo Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • Gina M. B. Oliveira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5753/isys.2019.599

Keywords:

Temporal social networks, similarity networks, user preferences, music social networks

Abstract

Understanding how user preferences evolve over time is an important personalization task. Traditionally, people’s behavior is studied from static or discrete information, assuming that underlying factors such as social influence and personal preferences remain unchanged over time. In this work, we investigate the evolution of user preferences taking into account that such factors are continuous and determinant in the evolution of tastes and choices. We propose to model user preference profiles, in the context of music, through temporal similarity networks. They are able to capture social and temporal characteristics of preferences, taking into account the similarity between users behaviors. We instantiate the proposed model on the social music network This Is My Jam and use temporal measures of centrality and community detection in complex networks. As a result, we detect that the tendency is for artists and similar users to maintain their similarities over time.

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Published

2019-09-18

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Pereira, F. S. F., Linhares, C. D. G., Ponciano, J. R., Gama, J., de Amo, S., & Oliveira, G. M. B. (2019). On Analyzing User Musical Preferences Evolution through Temporal Similarity Networks. ISys - Brazilian Journal of Information Systems, 12(3), 94–115. https://doi.org/10.5753/isys.2019.599

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