In a previous post, I explored how one might apply classification to solve a complex problem. This post will explore the code necessary to implement that nearest neighbor classification algorithm. If you would like a full copy of the source code, it is available here in zip format. Knn.java – This is the main driver [...]
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Content Recommendation Systems for a Mobile Platform
Abstract—Recommendation systems take artifacts about items and provide suggestions to the user on what other products the might like. There are many different types of recommender algorithms, including nearest-neighbor, linear classifiers and SVMs. However, most recommender systems are collaborative systems that rely on users to rate the products that they bought. This paper presents a [...]
Why Airlines Got Mobile Right
Air travel just got slightly more tolerable. Last week, United Airlines launched their wireless check-in and paperless boarding pass service. When I saw this, I was slightly skeptical because I normally expect more progressive companies such as Southwest or Virgin America to launch services similar to this. American Airlines and United only recently added WiFi [...]