A hybrid system of pedagogical pattern recommendations based on singular value decomposition and variable data attributes

• Published in: Information processing & management Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 607 - 625
• Main Authors: Cobos, Carlos, Rodriguez, Orlando, Rivera, Jarvein, Betancourt, John, Mendoza, Martha, León, Elizabeth, Herrera-Viedma, Enrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Classrooms; Collaborative filtering; Cosine similarity; Decomposition; Education; Exact sciences and technology; Filtering systems; Information and communication sciences; Information processing and retrieval; Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system; Information retrieval. Man machine relationship; Information science. Documentation; Information systems; Ontologies; Ontology; Pattern recognition; Pedagogical patterns; Pedagogy; Recommender systems; Research process. Evaluation; Resnick prediction formula; Risk; Sciences and techniques of general use; Singular value decomposition; Students; Studies; Teacher education; Teacher training; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching methods; Training; Cosine similarity; Pedagogical patterns; Recommender systems; Singular value decomposition; Resnick prediction formula; Filtering; Variable; Similarity; Prediction; Data; Recommendation; Hybrid system; Collaborative filtering; Value

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