Basic Approaches in Recommendation Systems

Alexander Felfernig, Michael Jeran, Gerald Ninaus, Florian Reinfrank, Stefan Reiterer, Martin Stettinger

Recommendation systems support users in finding items of interest. In this chapter, we introduce the basic approaches of collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, and knowledge-based recommendation. We first discuss principles of the underlying algorithms based on a running example. Thereafter, we provide an overview of hybrid recommendation approaches which combine basic variants. We conclude this chapter with a discussion of newer algorithmic trends, especially critiquing-based and group recommendation.

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