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Similar movies using the API
omidsaremiSTAFFMOD erabiltzaileak Otsaila 11, 2017 egunean 8:08 PM(e)tan bidalia
Hi there, trying to leverage "similar movies" data (available through API) in my research on recommender systems. I have a couple of questions.
Has the list of similar movies for a given movie already been sorted based on relevance ?
How was this "similar set" created for each movie? To be precise, is it content-based similarity (say movies with similar attributes), or it is some sort of algorithmic recommendation based on viewership?
Thanks again for your input.
Travis Bell Erabiltzailearen Erantzuna
Otsaila 12, 2017 egunean 11:57 AM(e)tan
Hi @omidsaremi,
Similar is built by looking at and comparing plot keywords and genres. I never liked this very much which is why I swapped out that functionality on the website for the newer "recommended" system. Recommendations are powered by our user ratings and favourites. I find this typically produces better results.