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Can I employ item "masking" in model evaluation to eliminate cold start scenarios?

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Description

What I want to do is generate a train/test split that splits off random user/item interactions into the test in such a way that if that'd leave any given user without any interactions in the training data they'll simply be dropped from the model entirely or disregarded for the purposes of calculating the evaluation metrics. Is this supported somehow?

If not, how hard would that be to do?

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The issue names no file, test, or entry point to begin with. First determine whether LightFM's train/test split or evaluation entry points support excluding users or items absent from training, then define the expected split and metric behavior as the completion criteria.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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