This paper published in 2003 by Amazon explains how their basic recommendation algorithm works and is one of the papers that anyone interested in recommendation systems should give a read. I have been working in RS (recommender systems) domain at my present company for the last two years. Since the ...
Types of data in recommender systems
There are two ways in which we can collect data for building recommender systems — explicit and implicit. In this post, we will talk about both types of data, their characteristics and the challenges with them.
Explicit feedback datasets
The dictionary meaning of explicit is to state clearly and in detail ...