gistfile1.py

# Gets recommendations for a person by using a weighted average
# of every other user's rankings
def getRecommendations(prefs,person,similarity=sim_pearson):
  totals={}
  simSums={}
  for other in prefs:
    # don't compare me to myself
    if other==person: continue
    sim=similarity(prefs,person,other)

    # ignore scores of zero or lower
    if sim<=0: continue
    for item in prefs[other]:
	    
      # only score movies I haven't seen yet
      if item not in prefs[person] or prefs[person][item]==0:
        # Similarity * Score
        totals.setdefault(item,0)
        totals[item]+=prefs[other][item]*sim
        # Sum of similarities
        simSums.setdefault(item,0)
        simSums[item]+=sim

  # Create the normalized list
  rankings=[(total/simSums[item],item) for item,total in totals.items()]

  # Return the sorted list
  rankings.sort()
  rankings.reverse()
  return rankings