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Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by azhenley on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @08:30PM (#14707308)
Definitely! They should be using Apriori or some other association rule learning algorithm for this.

They already use these techniques to suggest things before you make the purchase, but it would be great to extend it over a long period of time, like you said. A few months later they suggest carpet cleaner or bags for your vacuum.

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Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by draugadrotten on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:51AM (#14708614)
Heck, The small online shop where I bought my robot lawnmower does this. Last year I bought replacement knifes for the robot. This year they sent me a mail at the same time, asking if I wanted to buy another pair of replacement knifes, or perhaps other accessories or a new battery. And yes, I wanted another set of knifes - click, done.
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