@asymmetrik/akin
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Recommendation Engine based on Collaborative Filtering
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@asymmetrik/akin
Recommendation Engine Library based on Collaborative Filtering. Node.js implementation using MongoDB via Mongoose.
Provides hooks for logging user activity on items referenced by an ObjectID and an optional item type. Additional methods provide execution of a scalable, collaborative filtering algorithm that outputs recommendation results for each user into a namespaced Mongo collections. These results can then be retrieved and integrated into the application as desired.
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Install
Include this module as a dependency of your application in the package.json
file. It also requires that MongooseJS is available as a peer dependency. For example:
{
...
dependencies: {
"mongoose": "~4.6",
"@asymmetrik/akin": "latest"
}
...
}
Usage
Include the module via require
wherever applicable:
var akin = require('@asymmetrik/akin');
The most fundamental use case of logging user activity, running the engine, and retrieving recommendations for a user is achieved via:
akin.activity.log(userId, itemId, { type: 'itemType' }, 'action');
...
akin.run();
...
akin.recommendation.getAllRecommendationsForUser(userId);
There are four classes that allow for managing activity logs and recalculating recommendations at a more granular level:
akin.model
Manages query execution for schemas
akin.activity
- Manage (add or remove) a user's activity for any item.
- Calculates the first phase of the recommendation engine: user's weighted scores on items
akin.similarity
- Calculates the second phase of the recommendation engine: user's similarity to other users
akin.recommendation
- Calculates the third and final phase of the recommendation engine: collaborative filtering to generate recommendations
- Allows for retrieval of all or a weighted random sample of recommendations
- Marking items as
do not recommend
for a user to stop them from returning in the sampling query
API
recalculate all recommendations
Execute the recommendation engine based on the data supplied to the activity.log() API
akin.run();
activity
Add a user's activity on an item
akin.activity.log(userId, itemId, { type: 'itemType' }, 'actionType');
Remove a user's activity on an item
akin.activity.removeLog(userId, itemId, 'actionType');
retrieve recommendations
Get all recommendations created for a user
akin.recommendation.getAllRecommendationsForUser(userId);
Get a sampling of recommendations created for a user based on a weighted cumulative distribution function
akin.recommendation.sampleRecommendationsForUser(userId, numberOfSamples);
Contribute
PRs accepted.
Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the standard-readme specification.
License
@asymmetrik/akin
is MIT licensed.