ERIC Number: EJ1111768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1548-1093
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Personalized Recommender System for Digital Libraries
Omisore, M. O.; Samuel, O. W.
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, v9 n1 p18-32 2014
The huge amount of information available online has given rise to personalization and filtering systems. Recommender systems (RS) constitute a specific type of information filtering technique that present items according to user's interests. In this research, a web-based personalized recommender system capable of providing learners with books that suit their reading abilities was developed. Content-based filtering (CBF) was used to analyze learners' reading abilities while books that are found suitable to learners are recommended with fuzzy matching techniques. The yokefellow cold-start problem inherent to CBF is assuaged by cold start engine. An experimental study was carried out on a database of 10000 books from different categories of computing studies. The outcome tracked over a period of eight months shows that the proposed system induces greater user satisfaction and this attests users' desirability of the system.
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Educational Technology, Reading Material Selection, Technology Uses in Education, Reading Ability, Books, Program Effectiveness, Satisfaction
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