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Recommendation Engines - Know How

Recommendation Engines perform a variety of tasks - but the most important one is to find products that are most relevant to the user. Content based filtering, collaborative filtering and Association rules are common approaches to do so. So let's first  Understand basics of Recommendation Engines and then we'll later on Build Our Own Recommendation Engine !!! HIGH QUALITY, PERSONALIZED  ARE THE HOLY GRAIL FOR EVERY ONLINE STORE. UNLIKE OFFLINE STORES,  ONLINE STORES HAVE NO SALES PEOPLE. USERS ON THE OTHER HAND  HAVE LIMITED TIME AND PATIENCE,  ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR  ONLINE STORES HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF  PRODUCTS. RECOMMENDATIONS HELP USERS  NAVIGATE THE MAZE OF ONLINE STORES  FIND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR  FIND THINGS THEY MIGHT LIKE, BUT DIDN’T KNOW OF. RECOMMENDATIONS HELP ONLINE STORES  SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DISCOVERY. BUT HOW? Lets Explain this. ONLINE STORES HAVE DATA 1) WHAT USERS  BOUGHT 2) WHAT USERS  BROWSED 3) WHAT USERS  CLICKED 4) WH