Build a Recommendation Engine with R: Create Data Science Systems for E-Commerce Platforms

By WALTON BRYANT

In today's digital economy, personalization drives online success. From global e-commerce marketplaces to streaming platforms and digital services, recommendation systems are the technology behind the suggestions users see every day. Whether it is "Customers also bought," "Recommended for you," or "You may also like," these intelligent systems analyze massive datasets to predict what users want next.

Build a Recommendation Engine with R: Create Data Science Systems for E-commerce Platforms is a practical guide designed to help data scientists, analysts, and developers learn how to design and implement modern recommendation systems using the R programming language.

This book walks readers step-by-step through the entire process of building recommendation engines-from understanding the fundamental concepts to implementing scalable systems used in real-world e-commerce platforms.

Inside this book, readers will learn how to:

- Understand the core concepts behind recommendation systems
- Set up a complete R environment for recommender system development
- Prepare and structure real e-commerce datasets for machine learning
- Perform exploratory data analysis to understand user behavior
- Build content-based recommendation systems using product attributes
- Implement collaborative filtering algorithms to discover user similarities
- Apply matrix factorization techniques such as SVD for improved prediction accuracy
- Develop advanced recommendation models, including hybrid systems
- Evaluate recommendation models using industry performance metrics
- Build and deploy a complete recommendation engine pipeline for e-commerce

This book also includes illustrations, diagrams, and charts that help explain complex recommendation algorithms and data science concepts in a clear and practical way.

Whether you are a data science student, machine learning engineer, R programmer, or e-commerce developer, this guide provides the tools needed to create powerful recommendation engines that deliver personalized product suggestions.

By the end of the book, readers will have the knowledge and practical skills needed to design, evaluate, and deploy recommendation systems capable of powering real-world digital platforms.

If you want to learn how modern companies use data science to drive personalization, customer engagement, and online sales, this book will give you the foundation to start building intelligent recommendation systems with R.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSB9SVL5
• ISBN13: 9798251762068
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"