Recommender Systems Handbook

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ricci, Francesco (Editor), Rokach, Lior (Editor), Shapira, Bracha (Editor), Kantor, Paul B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Database management.; Data mining.; Information storage and retrieval.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; E-commerce.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; e-Commerce/e-business.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Database Management.

The explosive growth of e-commerce and online environments has made the issue of information search and selection increasingly serious; users are overloaded by options to consider and they may not have the time or knowledge to personally evaluate these options. Recommender systems have proven to be...