SEALR: Sequential Emotion-Aware LLM-Based Personalized Recommendation System

Namjun Lee, Jaekwang Kim

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Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) excel in various NLP tasks but remain underexplored in recommendation systems. This study proposes the Sequential Emotion-Aware LLM-Based Personalized Recommendation System (SEALR) to leverage sentiment analysis in user-generated reviews, tracking emotional changes and extracting sentiment labels. It integrates candidate items produced by sequential models with user behavior data into an LLM, enhancing personalization. Experiments on Amazon and Yelp datasets explore the effect of varied candidate pool sizes and instruction-based fine-tuning ratios, demonstrating significant performance gains. The combination of sentiment insights and user behavior data effectively accommodates diverse user preferences and contexts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGIR 2025 - Proceedings of the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages2906-2910
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798400715921
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jul 2025
Event48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR 2025 - Padua, Italy
Duration: 13 Jul 202518 Jul 2025

Publication series

NameSIGIR 2025 - Proceedings of the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval

Conference

Conference48th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR 2025
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPadua
Period13/07/2518/07/25

Keywords

  • Large Language Model
  • Personalized Recommendation
  • Recommendation
  • Sentiment Analysis

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