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most citedRecommender Systems for Sustainability: Overview and Research Issues

58 citations · 146 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.SE2026★ 1 cited

Usability Analysis of Configurator User Interfaces with Multimodal Large Language Models

Sebastian Lubos, Alexander Felfernig, Damian Garber +11

Configuration is a key technology for tailoring complex software systems, services, and products. A successful application of configurators not only depends on technical correctnes…

cs.SE2026

Recommending Usability Improvements with Multimodal Large Language Models

Sebastian Lubos, Alexander Felfernig, Damian Garber +2

Usability describes quality attributes of application user interfaces that determine how effectively users can interact with them. Traditional usability evaluation methods require…

cs.SE2026

Early-Stage Product Line Validation Using LLMs: A Study on Semi-Formal Blueprint Analysis

Viet-Man Le, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran, Sebastian Lubos +2

We study whether Large Language Models (LLMs) can perform feature model analysis operations (AOs) directly on semi-formal textual blueprints, i.e., concise constrained-language des…

cs.HC2025

Towards LLM-Based Usability Analysis for Recommender User Interfaces

Sebastian Lubos, Alexander Felfernig, Damian Garber +2

Usability is a key factor in the effectiveness of recommender systems. However, the analysis of user interfaces is a time-consuming process that requires expertise. Recent advances…

cs.IR2025

Towards LLM-Enhanced Product Line Scoping

Alexander Felfernig, Damian Garber, Viet-Man Le +2

The idea of product line scoping is to identify the set of features and configurations that a product line should include, i.e., offer for configuration purposes. In this context,…

cs.IR2025

Sustainability Evaluation Metrics for Recommender Systems

Alexander Felfernig, Damian Garber, Viet-Man Le +2

Sustainability-oriented evaluation metrics can help to assess the quality of recommender systems beyond wide-spread metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and satisfaction. F…

cs.IR2025

Towards LLM-Enhanced Group Recommender Systems

Sebastian Lubos, Alexander Felfernig, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran +5

In contrast to single-user recommender systems, group recommender systems are designed to generate and explain recommendations for groups. This group-oriented setting introduces ad…

cs.IR2024★ 58 cited

Recommender Systems for Sustainability: Overview and Research Issues

Alexander Felfernig, Manfred Wundara, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran +5

Sustainability development goals (SDGs) are regarded as a universal call to action with the overall objectives of planet protection, ending of poverty, and ensuring peace and prosp…

cs.SE2024★ 54 cited

Leveraging LLMs for the Quality Assurance of Software Requirements

Sebastian Lubos, Alexander Felfernig, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran +4

Successful software projects depend on the quality of software requirements. Creating high-quality requirements is a crucial step toward successful software development. Effective…

cs.IR2023★ 1 cited

Sports Recommender Systems: Overview and Research Issues

Alexander Felfernig, Manfred Wundara, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran +3

Sports recommender systems receive an increasing attention due to their potential of fostering healthy living, improving personal well-being, and increasing performances in sport.…

cs.AI2023

Solving Multi-Configuration Problems: A Performance Analysis with Choco Solver

Benjamin Ritz, Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le +1

In many scenarios, configurators support the configuration of a solution that satisfies the preferences of a single user. The concept of \emph{multi-configuration} is based on the…

cs.AI2023★ 13 cited

FastDiagP: An Algorithm for Parallelized Direct Diagnosis

Viet-Man Le, Cristian Vidal Silva, Alexander Felfernig +3

Constraint-based applications attempt to identify a solution that meets all defined user requirements. If the requirements are inconsistent with the underlying constraint set, algo…

cs.AI2023

Conjunctive Query Based Constraint Solving For Feature Model Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le, Sebastian Lubos

Feature model configuration can be supported on the basis of various types of reasoning approaches. Examples thereof are SAT solving, constraint solving, and answer set programming…

cs.AI2021

Configuring Multiple Instances with Multi-Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Andrei Popescu, Mathias Uta +5

Configuration is a successful application area of Artificial Intelligence. In the majority of the cases, configuration systems focus on configuring one solution (configuration) tha…

cs.AI2021

Group Recommendation Techniques for Feature Modeling and Configuration

Viet-Man Le

In large-scale feature models, feature modeling and configuration processes are highly expected to be done by a group of stakeholders. In this context, recommendation techniques ca…

cs.IR2021★ 14 cited

An Overview of Recommender Systems and Machine Learning in Feature Modeling and Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le, Andrei Popescu +3

Recommender systems support decisions in various domains ranging from simple items such as books and movies to more complex items such as financial services, telecommunication equi…

cs.SE2021★ 5 cited

DirectDebug: Automated Testing and Debugging of Feature Models

Viet-Man Le, Alexander Felfernig, Mathias Uta +3

Variability models (e.g., feature models) are a common way for the representation of variabilities and commonalities of software artifacts. Such models can be translated to a logic…