Chapter 6. Use Case Example – Recommendations

In this chapter, we will start to look at how we can use the Neo4j graph database for a very specific use case. All the discussions so far have led us to this discussion, where we really want to zoom in on how one would practically use a database such as Neo4j for a very specific use case. We will look at the following topics:

  • Modeling product relationships as a graph
  • Using relationships to suggest recommendations
  • Using relationships to detect fraud

Recommender systems dissected

We will take a look at so-called recommender systems in this chapter. Such systems, broadly speaking, consist of two elementary parts:

  • A pattern discovery system: This is the system that somehow figures out what would be a useful ...

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