A Multi-tiered Solution for Personalized Baggage Item Recommendations using FastText and Association Rule Mining
Existing luggage packing recommendation systems for air travelers suffer from insufficient personalization and struggle to jointly satisfy spatial and weight constraints. Method: This paper proposes a multi-layer recommendation framework integrating FastText semantic embeddings with Association Rule Mining (ARM). It jointly models user search behavior, destination-related textual semantics, and item co-occurrence patterns through multi-stage data fusion to achieve fine-grained demand understanding. Crucially, it pioneers the synergistic use of FastText word vectors and ARM metrics (support, confidence, lift) for luggage item recommendation—overcoming cold-start and long-tail limitations inherent in conventional collaborative filtering. Results: Experiments demonstrate significant improvements: +28.6% in recommendation coverage, +19.3% in NDCG@5, and a 37% increase in user packing efficiency. The framework delivers interpretable, deployable technical support for precision marketing and travel service optimization.