Platform for enabling personalized recommendations using intelligent dialog

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer device to cause the computer device to:

• divide a weighted collection of attributes into a plurality of attribute groups;
• present, via a user interface, a first question;
• receive, via the user interface, a response to the first question;
• determine a confidence score for each of a plurality of items based on the received response to the first question and the weighted collection of attributes;
• determine an attribute group score for each of the plurality of attribute groups based on a degree to which receiving additional information regarding the attribute group increases the confidence score for at least one of the plurality of items;
• determine a subsequent question using the determined attribute group score for each of the plurality of attribute groups;
• and
• present, via the user interface, the determined subsequent question.

A system, comprising:

• a hardware processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computer device;
• program instructions of a divider configured to divide a weighted collection of attributes into a plurality of attribute groups;
• program instructions of a first question presenter configured to present, via a user interface, a first question;
• program instructions of a first response receiver configured to receive, via the user interface, a response to the first question presented by the first question presenter;
• program instructions of a confidence score determiner configured to determine a confidence score for each of a plurality of items based on the response to the first question received by the first response receiver and the weighted collection of attributes;
• program instructions of an attribute group score determiner configured to determine an attribute group score for each of the plurality of attribute groups based on a degree to which receiving additional information regarding the attribute group increases the confidence score for at least one of the plurality of items;
• program instructions of a subsequent question determiner configured to determine a subsequent question using the score for each of the plurality of attribute groups determined by the attribute group score determiner;
• and
• program instructions of a subsequent question presenter configured to present, via the user interface, the determined subsequent question,
• wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the hardware processor via the computer readable memory.