Before I answer, I want to make sure we're on the same page. You are definitely describing a search problem. Was my guess at how you are also adding in something recommender-related accurate?
Otherwise we may be talking past each other again. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Ahmed Abdeen Hamed <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sean and Ted! > > Let me explain how I got here in the first place. I have an interest in > content-based similarities. When I read the two sections in the MiA book > about that, I got some hints. I don't have user preferences and was trying > to use the content-based similarities in its place as the book explains. > Therefore, my question is really about computing this similarity from item > attributes. How can I do that without the use of search queries? > > Thanks, > > -Ahmed
