Recommendation of TV programs via information filtering in RCA tripartite networks

Kean Li, An Zeng, Jianlin Zhou, Yijun Chen, Xiao-hua Cui

Abstract: Highlights•Tripartite networks are pioneeringly utilized in TV program recommendations.•RCA is innovatively applied to define the recommendation network links.•NBI and CF algorithms are used on 3 months of TV viewing data in a Chinese city.•Accuracy is improved by 10% compared with algorithms in bipartite networks.•The underlying traits of users’ behaviors that go against intuition are revealed.