Technology & society
Recommendation Engines
By Michael Schrage, visiting scholar in MIT Sloan's Initiative on the Digital Economy
MIT Press · 2020
Schrage explains the origins, technologies, business applications, and increasing societal impact of recommendation engines, the systems that allow companies worldwide to know what products, services, and experiences "you might also like." Part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.
From Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Open Library.
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