causalrec_clothing.py

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"""
Example for CausalRec: Causal Inference for Visual Debiasing in Visually-Aware Recommendation
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02390
"""

import cornac
from cornac.datasets import amazon_clothing
from cornac.data import ImageModality
from cornac.eval_methods import RatioSplit


# CausalRec utilises the causal inference to debias the visual bias
# The necessary data can be loaded as follows
feedback = amazon_clothing.load_feedback()
features, item_ids = amazon_clothing.load_visual_feature()  # BIG file

# Instantiate a ImageModality, it makes it convenient to work with visual auxiliary information
# For more details, please refer to the tutorial on how to work with auxiliary data
item_image_modality = ImageModality(features=features, ids=item_ids, normalized=True)

# Define an evaluation method to split feedback into train and test sets
ratio_split = RatioSplit(
    data=feedback,
    test_size=0.1,
    rating_threshold=0.5,
    exclude_unknowns=True,
    verbose=True,
    item_image=item_image_modality,
)

# Instantiate CausalRec
causalrec = cornac.models.CausalRec(
    k=32,
    k2=32,
    n_epochs=1,
    batch_size=100,
    learning_rate=0.001,
    lambda_w=1,
    lambda_b=0.01,
    lambda_e=0.0,
    mean_feat=features.mean(axis=0),
    tanh=1,
    lambda_2=0.8,
    use_gpu=True,
)

# Instantiate evaluation measures
rec_50 = cornac.metrics.Recall(k=50)

# Put everything together into an experiment and run it
cornac.Experiment(eval_method=ratio_split, models=[causalrec], metrics=[rec_50]).run()