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bookcrossing

(ˈbʊkˌkrɒsɪŋ)

(Journalism & Publishing) the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people

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Em um estudo empirico sobre a plataforma Bookcrossing, os autores verificaram que esses tres prototipos de comportamento podem simultaneamente desempenhar um papel no mesmo contexto, e consumidores da mesma comunidade podem usa-los para satisfazer suas necessidades especificas e motivacoes.

SHARING ECONOMY IN TOURISM: A THEORETICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION AND SHARING/ECONOMIA COMPARTILHADA NO TURISMO: UMA DISCUSSAO TEORICA SOBRE O CONSUMO COLABORATIVO E O COMPARTILHAMENTO/ECONOMIA COMPARTIDA EN TURISMO: UNA DISCUSION TEORICA SOBRE EL CONSUMO COLABORATIVO Y EL COMPARTIR

Para evaluar los algoritmos de filtrado colaborativo que contiene la API de Apache Mahout se realizo el calculo de "Precision" y "Recall" (Exhaustividad) del dataset BookCrossing el cual contiene las calificaciones que varios usuarios han dado a diversos libros, este cuenta con 278858 usuarios, 1149780 calificaciones que han dado los usuarios a los libros y 271379 libros.

EmoRemSys: an educational recommender system by using emotions detection/EmoRemSys: sistema de recomendacion de recursos educativos basado en deteccion de emociones

Bookcrossing action, which promotes reading of books among residents and guests of Bishkek, has been launched in the framework of second socio-cultural action Bishkek - Literary Capital of the World on August 20.

Bookcrossing action starts in Bishkek

BookCrossing [1,9] is recommender system which allows readers to discuss, review and share their interest.

A REVIEW ON RECOMMENDER TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND EVALUATION METRICS

Another innovative way to share and obtain books, for free, is available through bookcrossing.com, a site quite unlike any I've seen.