Sep 2026· East Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research· 0 citations· 18 references
Recommender Systems and Techniques
Abstract
This study aims to analyze optimization strategies for machine learning–based recommendation systems in e-commerce environments, identify commonly applied algorithms, and examine emerging opportunities and implementation challenges. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 framework. Literature was collected from six major academic databases, covering publications from 2020 to 2025. From an initial pool of 286 records, 10 studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in the final analysis. The findings indicate that deep learning, hybrid recommendation models, sequential recommendation approaches, and large language model–based systems significantly enhance recommendation accuracy and personalization. User behavior analytics emerged as a critical factor in adaptive recommendation systems, while conversational AI and multimodal technologies represent promising future directions. Despite these advancements, issues related to scalability, explainability, fairness, and privacy remain significant challenges requiring further research and optimization.
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Software startup companies develop innovative, software-intensive products within limited timeframes and with few resources, searching for sustainable and scalable business models.
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This study conducts a case survey study based on the secondary data of the major pivots happened in 49 software startups, and demonstrates that customer need pivot is the most common among all pivot types.
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The comparison of adopter and non-adopter sample reveals three potential adoption inhibitor, security, data privacy, and portability, which underlines the importance of the technical and security perspectives for research investigating the adoption of technology.
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The ongoing work building a Raspberry Pi cluster consisting of 300 nodes is presented, with potential use cases being an inexpensive and green test bed for cloud computing research and a robust and mobile data center for operating in adverse environments.
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The results indicate that software developers are a slightly happy population, but the need for limiting the unhappiness of developers remains, and 219 factors representing causes of unhappiness while developing software are identified.
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