TiCom: A Time-Compensation Based Review Ranking Algorithm for Mobile Clients

Abstract

Mobile environment has been one of focuses of computing, communication and management. Mobile review ranking problem, for the first time, is brought out in this paper. Also, a novel ranking algorithm, TiCom, is proposed for mobile review ranking. TiCom is based on the idea of time compensation, and is used to prevent fresh voting item from being ranked too high or too low. Experimental results show that TiCom effectively improves the review process, e.g. music review ranking, especially in mobile environments.