Table 9.
Effect of the influence-constant, M, on reviewers' avg. error, avg. MSE, movie coverage and count of reviews (The scheme in Table 7 was used to update users’ weights).
| Value of M | When experts were derived considering set-1 (Root set: 2314 Reviewers) |
When experts were derived considering set-2 (Root set: 1000 Reviewers) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of reviews made | No. of products covered | Avg. Error |
Avg. MSE | No. of reviews made | No. of products covered | Avg. Error |
Avg. MSE | |
| 0 | 3932 | 3910 | 0.019 | 0.009 | 2942 | 2913 | 0.027 | 0.015 |
| 25 | 5815 | 5694 | 0.023 | 0.013 | 6713 | 6653 | 0.034 | 0.024 |
| 50 | 9289 | 9136 | 0.032 | 0.020 | 9837 | 9726 | 0.042 | 0.032 |
| 75 | 10539 | 10296 | 0.037 | 0.024 | 11338 | 11155 | 0.046 | 0.038 |
| 100 | 10980 | 10730 | 0.039 | 0.026 | 11596 | 11406 | 0.047 | 0.040 |
| 200 | 16343 | 15942 | 0.048 | 0.036 | 13363 | 13148 | 0.050 | 0.045 |
| 300 | 17032 | 16620 | 0.050 | 0.039 | 13844 | 13604 | 0.051 | 0.047 |
| 400 | 18697 | 18252 | 0.052 | 0.043 | 14528 | 14244 | 0.053 | 0.049 |
| 500 | 18920 | 18454 | 0.054 | 0.045 | 14698 | 14405 | 0.054 | 0.050 |
| 1000 | 19216 | 18759 | 0.055 | 0.047 | 15440 | 15077 | 0.058 | 0.053 |
| 1500 | 19333 | 18848 | 0.057 | 0.049 | 15708 | 15327 | 0.060 | 0.056 |
| 2000 | 19333 | 18848 | 0.057 | 0.049 | 15708 | 15327 | 0.060 | 0.056 |
| 3000 | 19345 | 18834 | 0.057 | 0.048 | 15708 | 15327 | 0.060 | 0.056 |
| 5000 | 19794 | 19278 | 0.060 | 0.051 | 15708 | 15327 | 0.060 | 0.056 |
| 10000 | 20438 | 19840 | 0.061 | 0.053 | 15708 | 15327 | 0.060 | 0.056 |