On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Robin Anil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well thats the implementation detail of the system, there are various > strategies, driven by various aspects of the product. Not generic like the > algorithms in Mahout. I dont think its something Mahout should handle > anyway. > Well, there are ways to do various kinds of cold start even in Mahout. If cold start is really cold, as in complete ignorance, then a diversified top-hits list is about all you can do. Foursquare *always* has some information, however. They have location. They have browser (which gives phone type in many cases). These can be used as inputs for recommendations using pretty much our standard framework.
