Recommender systems have become significant tools in electronic commerce, proposing effectively those items that best meet the preferences of users. A variety of techniques have been proposed for the recommender systems such as, collaborative filtering and content-based filtering. This study proposes a new hybrid recommender system that focuses on improving the performance under the “new user c...

We explore the relationship between weighted averaging and stochastic approxima tion algorithms and study their convergence via a sample path analysis We prove that the convergence of a stochastic approximation algorithm is equivalent to the con vergence of the weighted average of the associated noise sequence We also present necessary and su cient noise conditions for convergence of the averag...

the moe and mor are controlled by production variables of particleboard process. now, the basic question is which of the particleboard variables is effective on bending strength property? 13 variables of internal scientific resources were measured with 100 repeats. the study steps include the following; liner regression or stepwise, genetic algorithm, and artificial neural network. the number o...

We analyze different types of aggregation operators based on the use of probabilities, weighted averages (WAs) and generalized aggregation operators. We present the generalized probabilistic weighted averaging (GPWA) operator. It is a new aggregation operator that unifies the WA and the probability in the same formulation considering the degree of importance that each concept has in the analysi...

The definition of ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operators and their applications in decision making are reviewed. Also, some generalizations of OWA operators are studied and then, the notion of 2-symmetric OWA operators is introduced. These generalizations are illustrated by some examples.

The backreaction of inhomogeneities on the cosmic dynamics is studied in the context of scalar-tensor gravity. Due to terms of indefinite sign in the non-canonical effective energy tensor of the Brans–Dicke-like scalar field, extra contributions to the cosmic acceleration can arise. Brans–Dicke and metric f(R) gravity are presented as specific examples. Certain representation problems of the fo...

This paper deals with the characterization of two classes of monotonic and neutral (MN) aggregation operators . The first class corresponds to (MN) aggregators which are stable for the same positive linear transformations and present the ordered linkage property. The second class deals with (MN)-idempotent aggregators which are stable for positive linear transformations with same unit, independ...