Ok thanks. Myrrix looks like it has much of the set-up work done so I am taking a closer look at that.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Sofia Georgiakaki <geosofie_...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hello Douglass, > > you could take a look at Mahout and Myrrix projects. These are two > projects that provide implementations of recommendation & machine > learning algorithms. There are MapReduce implementations as well, to > support massive datasets. > In addition, these systems provide client APIs/various integration points, > so its easy to integrate them to your system. > > Regards, > Sofia > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Douglass Davis <douglassdavi...@gmail.com> > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Sent:* Monday, February 18, 2013 1:21 AM > *Subject:* product recommendations engine > > Hello, > > I don't have any prior experience with Hadoop. I am also not a statistics > expert. I am a software engineer, however, after looking at the docs, > Hadoop still seems pretty intimidating to set up. > > I am interested in doing product recommendations. However, I want to > store many things about user behavior, for example whether they click on a > link in an email, how they rate a product, whether they buy it, etc. Then > I would like to come up with similar items that a user may like. I have > seen an example just based on user ratings, but would like to add much more > data. > > Also, I think the clustering could be used in terms of recommending based > on similar descriptions, attributes, and keywords. > > Or, I could use a combination of the two approaches. > > Another question, I wonder if Hadoop takes into account the passage of > time. For example, a user may rate something high, then change their > rating a couple months later. > > Lastly, my site is based on PHP. I need to be able to integrate that with > Hadoop. > > How feasible is this approach? I saw a clustering example, and a > recommendation example based on user ratings. Are there any other advice, > docs, or examples that you could point me to that deals with any of these > issues? > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > > > >
