摘要 |
A method of assessing a person's personal taste. The system having a user interface through which a user may enter and receive, a rating set with a person's ratings for various rated items. The system will develop a preference model based on the received ratings by accessing a database of candidate items, wherein each candidate item is associated with at least one trait value. The system identifies the rated items that correspond to the candidate items, and it retrieves a value for at least one trait for each of the rated items. The system identifies at least one pattern of dependency between at least one of the retrieved trait values and at least one of the received ratings, and it determines a preference model based on the at least one pattern of dependency. The system may use the preference model to develop a preference profile for the person. |