Abstract
Predicting the next Point-of-Interest (POI) is crucial for location-based services, offering personalized recommendations and enhancing user experiences. However, existing methods often fail to adequately capture the temporal dynamics of user movements, leading to suboptimal performance in time-sensitive recommendations. In this paper, we propose a novel model, the Time-enhanced Sequential Prediction Model (TSPM), designed to improve the accuracy of next POI recommendations by incorporating time slot preferences and bidirectional transformation modeling. We utilize a Time-enhanced Sequence-based Dynamic Graph (TSDG) that captures both the temporal transitions of POIs and the sequential dependencies in user behavior. By dividing the day into distinct time slots and embedding temporal information directly into the graph structure, TSPM effectively models the dynamic nature of user movements. Furthermore, TSPM leverages bidirectional transformation modeling to capture both incoming and outgoing transitions, aligning with user time slot preferences for more precise recommendations. Our experiments on two real-world datasets demonstrate that TSPM significantly outperforms existing methods in terms of prediction accuracy, highlighting the importance of incorporating temporal dynamics and bidirectional modeling into POI recommendation systems.
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This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62276279, 62102265, U2001211, U22B2060), Technology Innovation Center for Collaborative Applications of Natural Resources Data in GBA, MNR(No.2024NRDZ02), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2024B1515020032, 2024A1515010241, 2022A1515011474), Zhuhai City Industry-University-Research Project (2320004002797, 2220004002549), Research Foundation of Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou City (2023B01-J0001, 2024B01W0004),2024 Guangdong Province Science and Technology Innovation Strategic Special Fund (College Student Science and Technology Innovation Cultivation, pdjh2024b015).
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Liu, Z., Liu, W., Zhu, H., Yu, J., Yin, J. (2025). Next POI Recommendation Based on Time Slot Preferences and Bidirectional Transformation Modeling. In: Barhamgi, M., Wang, H., Wang, X. (eds) Web Information Systems Engineering – WISE 2024. WISE 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15438. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0570-5_4
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