An Effective Recommender Algorithm for Cold-Start Problem in Academic Social Networks

Abundance of information in recent years has become a serious challenge for web users. Recommender systems (RSs) have been often utilized to alleviate this issue. RSs prune large information spaces to recommend the most relevant items to users by considering their preferences. Nonetheless, in situat...

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Main Authors: Vala Ali Rohani, Zarinah Mohd Kasirun, Sameer Kumar, Shahaboddin Shamshirband
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/123726