Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 78104 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2010 22:20:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 19 Apr 2010 22:20:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 88137 invoked by uid 500); 19 Apr 2010 22:20:14 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 88111 invoked by uid 500); 19 Apr 2010 22:20:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact mahout-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 88103 invoked by uid 99); 19 Apr 2010 22:20:14 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:20:13 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=AWL,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of bimargulies@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.176 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.176] (HELO mail-wy0-f176.google.com) (74.125.82.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:20:07 +0000 Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so804290wyf.35 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:19:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=AcWYZeyBHhXH9s+Ep/ut/JA+5x8ZPsJ40T9waW1m0go=; b=nBqCbO1NHrf2BNBbBSjyGNMZgM/3/uJNrUda90EAvqRds8UTmSPpXDGHud1cYuNC5d 7rto3wYK0sBOGgvhHXNiV2BUN4J7gPvjRY2HrobTm1JcrpQ7xq3SjKL8C8XC2OJZYZFL jN1WEUvek9NT9ce5+ty0sg+V2zUpf5BBiQvPY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Eaxuo9rTKQE9LTRU6dfU8Vcaw7mj7Os6vTkRILMD2yVcZUitk+N5NMtVGnGUCWaUpU WkVGLix3lNz4GmX+058CwBzM9UnosCax9/7KkDX0sBRco2jdh6Xr6HsJhYFd7ECiA+iF JVOJycHHg+v1N3E2B/3w1260HK71VJ2pcPxzI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.63.143 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:19:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:19:46 -0400 Received: by 10.216.85.8 with SMTP id t8mr3921196wee.39.1271715586358; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:19:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recommending items for anonymous users From: Benson Margulies To: mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d77f5ac7bfa104849e5b9a --0016e6d77f5ac7bfa104849e5b9a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 But do they behave like each other? On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: > You can also give ALL anonymous users the same id. As soon as you get real > data, you give the user a real id. > > This is very useful if you have lots of tire-kickers who behave differently > from real users. > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Sean Owen wrote: > > > > > At the other end of the spectrum, you can attempt to track this > > anonymous user and give him/her a user ID, put it in the DataModel, > > update recommendations constantly. This can get expensive to manage > > efficiently if this is a frequent occurrence. > --0016e6d77f5ac7bfa104849e5b9a--