Free software1 sections · 2 min readBy Dezső Mező.mdFree softwareKithra
Kithra is a recommendation engine built on item-item collaborative filtering, the approach Amazon scaled to production. The signature technique computes cosine or Pearson similarity over a ratings matrix and then makes a k-nearest, similarity-weighted prediction - no training, just similarity and a weighted mean - tested with the full "fan of Inception leads to Interstellar" scenario and an honest cold-start case. It is a from-scratch, dependency-light build you can download and run locally.
01About the app
Collaborative filtering
What to take away
- Item-item CF, the approach Amazon scaled: cosine/Pearson similarity over a ratings matrix, then a k-nearest similarity-weighted prediction. No training - just similarity and a weighted mean. 13 tests, including the full “fan of Inception → Interstellar” scenario and an honest cold-start.
- Download: Kithra (ZIP)
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