36 citations · 45 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
cs.SI2013★ 9 cited
Friends, Strangers, and the Value of Ego Networks for Recommendation
Amit Sharma, Mevlana Gemici, Dan Cosley
Two main approaches to using social network information in recommendation have emerged: augmenting collaborative filtering with social data and algorithms that use only ego-centric…
cs.SI2013★ 36 cited
Do Social Explanations Work? Studying and Modeling the Effects of Social Explanations in Recommender Systems
Amit Sharma, Dan Cosley
Recommender systems associated with social networks often use social explanations (e.g. "X, Y and 2 friends like this") to support the recommendations. We present a study of the ef…