Method and Apparatus for Ordering Recommendations According to a Mean/Variance Tradeoff
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Feb 27, 2014
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Aug 27, 2013
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Aug 27, 2012
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Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods that facilitate the recommendation of an item to a user. One particular aspect includes a method including the steps of: a) receiving a user request for a new recommendation including rating information for previously-selected items, b) retrieving a mean vector and a covariance matrix representing estimates of prior ratings for a plurality of items by other users, c) calculating a selection likelihood statistics as a function of the estimated mean vector, the estimated covariance matrix and the rating information provided by the, d) calculating ranking statistics as a function of the selection likelihood statistics, and e) transmitting a response to the user recommending at least one of the items not previously selected as a function of the ranking statistics. The recommended item may, for example, be a movie.
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