Improving Collaborative Recommender Systems by Means of User Profiles

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Degemmis, M., Lops, P., Semeraro, G., Costabile, M.F., Guida, S.P., Licchelli, O. (2004). Improving Collaborative Recommender Systems by Means of User Profiles. In: Karat, CM., Blom, J.O., Karat, J. (eds) Designing Personalized User Experiences in eCommerce. Human-Computer Interaction Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2148-8_14

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