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Using filtering agents to improve prediction quality in the GroupLens research collaborative filtering system

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Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work table of contents

Seattle, Washington, United States

Pages: 345 - 354

Year of Publication: 1998

ISBN:1-58113-009-0

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Badrul M. Sarwar	GroupLens Research Project, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Joseph A. Konstan	GroupLens Research Project, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and Net Perceptions, Inc, 11200 West 78th Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN
Al Borchers	GroupLens Research Project, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Jon Herlocker	GroupLens Research Project, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Brad Miller	Net Perceptions, Inc, 11200 West 78th Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN
John Riedl	GroupLens Research Project, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and Net Perceptions, Inc, 11200 West 78th Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN

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SIGGROUP: ACM Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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