In this age of information overload, people use a variety of strategies to make choices about
what to buy, how to spend their leisure time, and even whom to date. Recommender …

Recommender systems are tools for interacting with large and complex information spaces.
They provide a personalized view of such spaces, prioritizing items likely to be of interest to …

When the Netflix Prize launched in 2006, it put a spotlight on the importance and use of
recommender systems in real-world applications. The competition provided many lessons …

Since their introduction in the early 1990's, automated recommender systems have
revolutionized the marketing and delivery of commerce and content by providing …

Recommender systems are assisting users in the process of identifying items that fulfill their
wishes and needs. These systems are successfully applied in different e-commerce settings …

Automated recommendations have become a ubiquitous part of today's online user
experience. These systems point us to additional items to purchase in online shops, they …

The increasing importance of the Web as a medium for electronic and business transactions
has served as a driving force for the development of recommender systems technology. An …

Recommender systems (RSs) are software tools and techniques that provide suggestions
for items that are most likely of interest to a particular user. In this introductory chapter, we …

In a world where the number of choices can be overwhelming, recommender systems help
users find and evaluate items of interest. They connect users with items to …

“Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But I do not doubt that the lion belongs to it even
though he cannot at once reveal himself because of his enormous size.”–Albert Einstein The …