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A Context-Aware Service Recommendation System for the Social Internet of Things

Khelloufi, Amar, Ning, Huansheng, Mingxiang, Guan, Sadiq, Muhammad and Dhelim, Sahraoui (2026) A Context-Aware Service Recommendation System for the Social Internet of Things. IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors, 14 (8). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2836-2071

Abstract
The Social Internet of Things (SIoT) refers to the interconnection of Internet of Things (IoT) devices with the addition of a social layer, enabling them to mimic humanlike behavior. This technology facet facilitates data and service sharing among devices, creating a scalable network of socially interconnected devices. However, this rapid increase in device numbers and generated data has led to the challenge of data explosion. To address this challenge, service recommendation systems play a crucial role in improving network navigability and service discovery within the SIoT context. However, existing research often overlooks important aspects that could make service selection more pertinent and relevant. Specifically, current service recommendation approaches focus on extracting social relationships between devices while neglecting the contextual presentation of service reviews. In this research, we introduce a service recommendation framework for SIoT context that integrates service-review aggregation and feature learning processes by utilizing the Factorization Machines to capture complex feature interactions unique to each SIoT device-service pair. Empirical results across three benchmark datasets demonstrate that the proposed CASR-SIoT framework consistently outperforms stateof-the-art baselines, achieving up to 14% improvement in Recall, 8% in Precision, and 15% reduction in RMSE, thereby validating its effectiveness in delivering accurate and context-aware service recommendations in SIoT environments.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Recommender systems;Social Internet of Things;Accuracy;Context modeling;Social networking (online);Data mining;Correlation;Reviews;Adaptation models;Representation learning;SIoT recommendation;Context-awarerecom mender system;Factorization Machine;Service Recommendation Systems
Subjects:Computer Science > Artificial intelligence
Computer Science > Computer networks
Computer Science > Information retrieval
Computer Science > Information technology
Computer Science > Machine learning
Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Official URL:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumb...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:32439
Deposited On:20 Mar 2026 14:45 by Sahraoui Dhelim . Last Modified 20 Mar 2026 14:45
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