Not sure I follow - are suggesting that the transaction could be thought of as
a proxy for a user? Therefore, each transaction is essentially a user? And
for what end?
> From: ted.dunn...@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:06:43 -0800
> Subject: Re: Item recommendation w/o users or preferences
> To: user@mahout.apache.org
>
> How is it that you have many transactions and have no user information?
>
> I thought that transactions were user information?
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Tim Smith <timsmit...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Say I have a retail organization that doesn't sell a diverse set of
> > products, eg 2000, but has many small transactions. Also say that I don't
> > have any user or preference information. Is it reasonable to use pattern
> > mining (market baskets) and recommend items based on a set of thresholds
> > for support, confidence, and lift? If not, what are my options?
> >
