TL;DR
Predicting a user's next Point-of-Interest (POI) based on historical check-ins often leads to shallow predictions. IntentPOI, a two-stage intention-guided reasoning framework, first infers user intentions and then identifies suitable locations.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can leverage intention-guided reasoning to improve location prediction accuracy in their applications.
Key Takeaways
Full Summary
Location-based services often struggle with accurately predicting a user's next Point-of-Interest (POI) due to reliance on direct trajectory mapping, which can lead to biases. IntentPOI addresses this by introducing a two-stage framework that separates intention inference from location prediction.
In the first stage, it analyzes historical mobility patterns, peer behaviors, and temporal contexts to infer user intentions. The second stage constructs a candidate pool of potential locations and applies intention-guided reasoning to select the most appropriate POI.
Extensive testing on three real-world datasets demonstrated that IntentPOI consistently outperformed eleven existing methods, indicating a significant improvement in prediction accuracy. This approach not only enhances user experience in location-based services but also provides a new perspective on integrating intention in predictive modeling.
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