Weighted utility based recommender for e-procurement in handicraft communities

Abstract

In this paper, we would like to assess the positive impact of the recommendation process during the professional activities of business actors. We are interested specifically in the improvement of the economic life of the handicraft women from emerging countries. To this end, we introduce a utility based recommender dealing with the procurement opportunities. Actually, we proposed a utility function which takes into account the weighted preferences and expectations of final users. The system is evaluated based on the gain to obtain if the proposed recommendations are adopted in addition to the satisfaction level of the final users.