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Machine Learning Based Recommendation Systems

Nearest Neighbors Algorithm

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

import sklearn
from sklearn.neighbors import NearestNeighbors

mtcars dataset source: Henderson and Velleman (1981), Building multiple regression models interactively. Biometrics, 37, 391–411.

cars = pd.read_csv('mtcars.csv')
cars.columns = ['car_names', 'mpg', 'cyl', 'disp', 'hp', 'drat', 'wt', 'qsec', 'vs', 'am', 'gear', 'carb']
cars.head()
car_names mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
0 Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
1 Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
2 Datsun 710 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
3 Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
4 Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
t = [15, 300, 160, 3.2]

X = cars.ix[:,(1, 3, 4, 6)].values
X[0:5]
array([[  21.   ,  160.   ,  110.   ,    2.62 ],
       [  21.   ,  160.   ,  110.   ,    2.875],
       [  22.8  ,  108.   ,   93.   ,    2.32 ],
       [  21.4  ,  258.   ,  110.   ,    3.215],
       [  18.7  ,  360.   ,  175.   ,    3.44 ]])
nbrs = NearestNeighbors(n_neighbors=1).fit(X)
print(nbrs.kneighbors([t]))
(array([[ 10.77474942]]), array([[22]], dtype=int64))
cars
car_names mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
0 Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
1 Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
2 Datsun 710 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
3 Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
4 Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
5 Valiant 18.1 6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1
6 Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
7 Merc 240D 24.4 4 146.7 62 3.69 3.190 20.00 1 0 4 2
8 Merc 230 22.8 4 140.8 95 3.92 3.150 22.90 1 0 4 2
9 Merc 280 19.2 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4
10 Merc 280C 17.8 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90 1 0 4 4
11 Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
12 Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
13 Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
14 Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
15 Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
16 Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
17 Fiat 128 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
18 Honda Civic 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
19 Toyota Corolla 33.9 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1
20 Toyota Corona 21.5 4 120.1 97 3.70 2.465 20.01 1 0 3 1
21 Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
22 AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
23 Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
24 Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2
25 Fiat X1-9 27.3 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1
26 Porsche 914-2 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2
27 Lotus Europa 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2
28 Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
29 Ferrari Dino 19.7 6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50 0 1 5 6
30 Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8
31 Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2