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Complex networks in recommendation systems

Title Complex networks in recommendation systems
Publication Type Conference Paper
Year of Publication 2008
Conference Name Proceedings of the 2nd WSEAS International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications
Authors Zanin, M. , Cano P. , Buldú J. M. , & Celma Ò.
Conference Start Date 25-01-2008
Publisher World Scientific Advanced Series In Electrical And Computer Engineering
Conference Location Acapulco, Mexico
ISSN Number 1790-5022
ISBN Number 978-960-6766-33-6
Abstract

Complex network theory was boosted in 1967 thanks to the experiment of Milgram: since then, the application of this special kind of graphs has given fruitful results in social science problems, from sexual disease control to music communities identification. When focusing on the problem of recommending items to a user (i.e. a customer of an e-store), the underlying transaction data can be seen as a complex network (specifically, a bipartite network): inside this structure, information about customer tastes is codified and can be of good use for future suggestions.

preprint/postprint document http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1373936.1373955