11.5 - Cold Start and Sparsity Problems
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Practice Questions
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What does the cold start problem refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about new users or items joining a service.
How can demographic information help in cold start situations?
💡 Hint: Consider how general characteristics can guide recommendations.
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What is a cold start problem?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens with new arrivals in a system.
True or False: Sparsity only affects collaborative filtering methods.
💡 Hint: Consider the impact of data availability broadly.
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Challenge Problems
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Propose a model that combines demographic data and machine learning algorithms to tackle the cold start problem in a social media platform.
💡 Hint: Consider how you can integrate different data sources effectively.
Evaluate the impact of a high degree of sparsity on the performance of a recommender system using collaborative filtering.
💡 Hint: Think about how personal histories influence recommendation reliability.
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