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Application of an improved Apriori algorithm in a mobile e-commerce recommendation system

Yan Guo (College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China)
Minxi Wang (College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China)
Xin Li (College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China)

Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN: 0263-5577

Article publication date: 13 March 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to make the mobile e-commerce shopping more convenient and avoid information overload by a mobile e-commerce recommendation system using an improved Apriori algorithm.

Design/methodology/approach

Combined with the characteristics of the mobile e-commerce, an improved Apriori algorithm was proposed and applied to the recommendation system. This paper makes products that are recommended to consumers valuable by improving the data mining efficiency. Finally, a Taobao online dress shop is used as an example to prove the effectiveness of an improved Apriori algorithm in the mobile e-commerce recommendation system.

Findings

The results of the experimental study clearly show that the mobile e-commerce recommendation system based on an improved Apriori algorithm increases the efficiency of data mining to achieve the unity of real time and recommendation accuracy.

Originality/value

The improved Apriori algorithm is applied in the mobile e-commerce recommendation system solving the limitation of the visual interface in a mobile terminal and the mass data that are continuously generated. The proposed recommendation system provides greater prediction accuracy than conventional systems in data mining.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by funding from Cultivating program of an excellent innovation team of Chengdu University of Technology and the resources environment strategy research team of Sichuan’s high level social science research team.

Citation

Guo, Y., Wang, M. and Li, X. (2017), "Application of an improved Apriori algorithm in a mobile e-commerce recommendation system", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 117 No. 2, pp. 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-03-2016-0094

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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