A brief introduction to Collaborative Filtering

Recommend.Games explained, part 1: how we recommend games to you

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1219 words  |  Markus Shepherd

What is a good recommendation? Collaborative filtering is the workhorse powering the recommendations by Recommend.Games. Over the years, I’ve been asked every now and then how it works. So, I thought it’s high time I outlined the basic ideas behind our recommendation engine. Let’s first take a step back and talk about recommendations in general. What is it we’re trying to achieve? The answer to this question is far from trivial, and it gets harder when you want to formalise its goals. [Read More]
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