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Ratings of a user to most items in recommender systems are usually missing not at random (MNAR), largely because users are free to choose which items to rate. To achieve unbiased learning of the prediction model under MNAR data, three…
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We study the problem of inferring substitutable and complementary items, which underpins applications such as alternative and follow-up purchase suggestions. Existing approaches typically learn from behavior-derived item-item associations…