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In collaborative filtering, what is the goal of recommending items to customers?
What similarity measure does Amazon use in generating recommendations?
What kind of data does Amazon use to generate recommendations?
Which users are considered more similar in collaborative filtering?
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What is the binary representation of items purchased by user u?
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In the context of defining similarity between users and items, what does 𝑅.,+ represent?
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How is the best case scenario defined for similarity scores in terms of Euclidean distance?
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What defines the Euclidean distance between two items i and j in this context?
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What is the purpose of subtracting the average rating by user v from each rating in the formula for Pearson correlation similarity between users?
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How does the cosine similarity differ from Pearson correlation similarity in terms of item consideration?
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Why is it important to consider only shared items when determining similarity between users based on ratings?
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In the context of recommendation systems, what is the purpose of Euclidean distance in relation to similarities between items?
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