online music players‚ recommending music that the users probably will like. This thesis will present the design‚ implementation‚ testing and evaluation of a recommender system within the music domain‚ where three different approaches for producing recommendations are utilized. Testing each approach is done by first conducting live user experiments and then measure recommender precision using offline analysis. Our results show that the functionality of the recommender system is satisfactory‚ and that recommender
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Date: Mar 19‚ 2013 “A Toy ’s Story Observation” When you think about toys the first thing that comes to mind is the joy they gave when you were a kid growing up‚ and the smile they put on your kid’s face when you see them playing with them on a daily basis. What if toys could talk? What information would they give us? What would they tell us? Recently I set out on a quest to better understand what information I could get just by looking at the toys in my local neighborhood toy store and how they shape
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T4 Part B – Case Study Jot – toy case – March 2012 REPORT To: Jon Grun‚ Managing Director‚ Jot From: Management Accountant Date: 28 February 2012 Contents Review of issues facing Jot 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Terms of reference 3.0 Prioritisation of the issues facing Jot 4.0 Discussion of the issues facing Jot 5.0 Ethical issues and recommendations on ethical issues 6.0 Recommendations 7.0 Conclusions Appendice s Appendix 1 SWOT analysis
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In the Amazon Rainforest‚ new research is being done that has completely changed the way that we now see the Amazon. European accounts from centuries ago‚ tell of large Amazonian cities all up and down its banks. This idea was thought to be untrue due to finding that the Amazon soils were not actually fertile at all. But‚ that idea is now being challenged‚ with the finding of‚ terra preta. The reason that I decided to choose this topic is because I think it needs much more attention than it is given
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Alternatives: strategic choices-solutions to the problems identified Analysis of alternatives: cost/benefit analysis of the solutions. Recommendation: best/optimal solution based on the cost/benefit analysis 1. Introduction Amazon began in 1994 created by Jeffrey Bezos a computer science and electrical engineering graduate from Princeton University. Amazon was created to be an online bookstore that would be customer friendly‚ be easy to navigate‚ provide buying advice‚ and offer the broadcast
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E S S AY S E R I E S FALL 2010 The Future of Digital Communications: Technical Perspectives Edited by Fernando Laguarda Vice President‚ External Affairs and Policy Counselor Time Warner Cable www.twcresearchprogram.com For more information: Fernando Laguarda 901 F Street‚ NW Suite 800 Washington‚ DC 20004 Phone: (202) 370-4245 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................................
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dialectics theory 5. ____ Rhetoric/dramatism/narrative paradigm 6. ____ Muted group theory 7. _____ Communication privacy management theory 8. _____ Organizational culture theory 9. _____ Agenda-setting theory 10. _____ Face-negotiation theory 11. _____ Organizational information theory 12. _____ Symbolic interaction theory 13. _____ Cognitive dissonance theory 14. _____ Expectancy violations theory 15. _____ Groupthink A. Explains why parties to communication
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Value Creation of Amazon 1 Introduction With the development of technology and economic globalization‚ the lives of people have been enriched and online shopping is becoming the first choice of the majority. Amazon Company is an online retailer which has the most varieties of goods in the world. This report would introduce the Amazon’s background first‚ following with the discussion and analysis of Amazon’s strengths and weaknesses as well as its opportunities and threats. At last‚ this paper
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Product –Amazon Kindle Fire Products are not only the physical goods that we typically think of them; they also include services – sometimes as a different product and many a times as an extension of the product itself. At the heart of every product (or service) is providing value to consumers and getting value in return from them in the form of profits. With virtually every attractive market flooded with numerous competitors‚ service as an extension of the product offered sometimes becomes the
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