25. Quiz: Recommendation Methods

Self Check

Now that you have gained exposure to each of the different types of recommendation techniques, let's see if you can tell what type of recommendation engine is being used in each of the below cases.

You are interested in purchasing a new shirt. You go through and look at a number of shirts online. The next day while you are surfing the web, an advertisement pops up that says other users who liked the shirts you were looking at also liked these shirts (with new shirts shown). This is an example of…
SOLUTION: Collaborative Filtering

You are interested in purchasing a new shirt. You go through and look at a number of shirts online. The next day while you are surfing the web, an advertisement pops up that says here are some other items that were like the items you viewed yesterday. This is an example of…
SOLUTION: Content Based

You are interested in purchasing a new shirt. You know you want a red shirt. You use a filter to select that you only want red shirts. This is an example of…
SOLUTION: Knowledge Based

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