diff --git a/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex b/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex index db87e93..8097967 100644 --- a/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex +++ b/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex @@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ \section{Recommender System} \label{Foundations:RecommenderSystem} +A recommender system is a system that gives individualized recommendations to users to guide them through a large space of objects \cite[~ p. 331]{burkeHybridRecommenderSystems}. + + \section{Product Configuration} \label{Foundations:ProductConfiguration} -Product configuration is a process consisting of a series of decision tasks whereby a product is constructed of components which interact with each other. During a configuration process no new components are created. Their interplay and specification is defined beforehand \cite[~ p. 42-43]{sabinProductConfigurationFrameworksa1998}. +Product configuration is a process consisting of a series of decision tasks whereby a product is constructed of components which interact with each other. During a configuration process no new components are created. Their interplay and specification is defined beforehand \cite[~ p. 42, 43]{sabinProductConfigurationFrameworksa1998}. Formally a configuration problem can be specified as a \emph{constraint satisfaction problem (CSP)} \cite{tsangFoundationsConstraintSatisfaction1993} as \[