Machine Learning and Data Mining on the Web
Qiang Yang · The Internet Encyclopedia · 2004
Abstract Ever since its inception, the Web has provided unprecedented opportunities for machine learning and data mining to grow. Machine learning and data mining concern the task of discovering statistical knowledge from large data sets. In this chapter, we survey the main areas in which machine learning has been applied to learn about the Web and its users in the areas of learning about Web contents, Web structures, Web usage, and Web users. We also survey research and applications in Web‐based recommendation systems for electronic commerce.