MOVIE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

Project Domain-Entertainment

Submitted By

Padmavathi Devalla
Bhaskar Chakali
Nikitha Allenkala
Sri Latha Nallamothu
Niharika Akkala
Vijay Bhaskar Rimmalapudi
[Team Name:Kanav Soliders]

Under the Guidance of

Kanav Bansal
[Chief Data Scientist]
Ramya Bhargavi
[Mentor]
 CONTENT

1.INTRODUCTION

A.DESCRIPTION

B.OBJECTIVE

2.DATA SET INFORMATION

3.ALGORITHMS USED

4.DIFFERENT TRYPES OF RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS

5.PLAN FOR PROJECT EXECUTION

6.CONCLUSION
 Project Title: Movie Recommendation
System
1.INTRODUCTION:

A.DESCRIPTION:

The Movie Recommendation System project aims to provide personalized movie recommendations to
users based on their preferences and viewing history. The system analyzes a large dataset of movies
and utilizes various algorithms and techniques to predict and suggest movies that align with the user's
interests. The project leverages collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, and hybrid approaches
to enhance the accuracy and relevance of the recommendations.

B.OBJECTIVE:

 To build various recommendation systems that can recommend movies to the user based on users
interest, movies watched, popularity and so on.
 To recommend movies to user which were not watched previously but might be of interest to the
user by using recommendation models.

2.DATA SET INFORMATION:

 Total number of movies present in the dataset :45,466

 Total Attributes:24
 Nan- values are present in the data set

 This data setcon consists of the following files:

 movies_metadata.csv: The main Movies Meta data file. Contains

information on 45,000 movies featured in the Full Movie Lens dataset.
 Features include posters, backdrops, budget, revenue, release dates,
languages, production countries and companies.

 keywords.csv: Contains the movie plot keywords for our Movie Lens movies.
Available in the form of a stringified JSON Object.

 credits.csv: Consists of Cast and Crew Information for all our movies.
Available in the form of a stringified JSON Object.

 links.csv: The file that contains the TMDB and IMDBID ,all the movies
featured in the Full Movie Lens dataset.

 links_small.csv: Contains the TMDB and IMDBID of a small subset of 9,000

movies of the Full Dataset.

 ratings_small.csv: The sub set of 100,000 ratings from 700 users on 9,000
Movies.

3.ALGORITHEMS USED:

Certainly! K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) are two popular
machine learning algorithms that can be used in a movie recommendation system. Here's how
they can be applied:

K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN):

 Preprocess the user-movie interaction data and create a user-item matrix where each
entry represents a user's rating or interaction with a movie.
 Implement KNN to find similar users or movies based on their ratings or interactions.

For user-based collaborative filtering:

 Identify the k nearest neighbors (users) of a target user based on their ratings.
 Recommend movies that the nearest neighbors have rated highly but the target user
has not seen.

For item-based collaborative filtering:

 Identify the k nearest neighbors (movies) of a target movie based on user ratings.
 Recommend similar movies to the target user based on the nearest neighbors.
Support Vector Machines (SVM):

 Represent movies as feature vectors using attributes like genres, actors, directors, and
ratings.
 Preprocess and normalize the feature vectors.
 Train an SVM classifier using labeled data, where the labels represent user preferences
(e.g., liked, disliked).
 Given a user's movie preferences, predict the user's preference for unseen movies using
the trained SVM classifier.
 Recommend movies with a predicted preference above a certain threshold to the user.

Both KNN and SVM can be applied in various ways within a movie recommendation
system, depending on the specific approach and data available. They can be used in user-
based or item-based collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, or hybrid models that
combine different recommendation techniques.

4.DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS

1.Popularity-Based Recommender System:

 Calculate popularity metrics for movies, such as average ratings, number of ratings, or box
office performance.
 Rank movies based on their popularity scores.
 Recommend the top-rated or most popular movies to users.

2.Content-Based Recommender System:

 Preprocess and analyze movie attributes, such as genres, actors, directors, or movie
descriptions.
 Apply NLP techniques like TF-IDF to extract features from movie descriptions.
 Create movie profiles by representing movies as feature vectors.
 Compute similarity scores between movies based on their attributes or descriptions.
 Recommend movies to users based on their previously liked movies and the similarity scores
of other movies.
3.Collaborative Recommender System:

a. User-Item Based Collaborative Filtering:

 Build a user-item matrix that represents user ratings or interactions with movies.
 Calculate similarity scores between users based on their ratings or interactions.
 Identify similar users who have rated or interacted with movies in a similar way.
 Recommend movies to a user based on the preferences of similar users.

b. Item-Item Based Collaborative Filtering:

 Build an item-item matrix that represents the ratings or interactions of users with movies.
 Compute similarity scores between movies based on user ratings or interactions.
 Identify similar movies based on user ratings or interactions.
 Recommend movies to a user based on the similarities between the movies they have liked and
similar movies.

By incorporating these recommendation techniques into the movie recommendation system, you can
provide a diverse set of movie recommendations to users based on their preferences, movie attributes,
and popularity. The system can offer personalized suggestions, taking into account both individual
preferences and collaborative information from other user.

5. PLAN FOR PROJECT EXECUTION:

1.Data Preprocessing: Clean and preprocess the user and movie datasets, handling missing values,
removing outliers, and ensuring data consistency.

2.Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Perform exploratory analysis on the datasets to gain insights
into the distribution of movie ratings, user preferences, and movie attributes. This step will help
understand the data and identify patterns.

3.Collaborative Filtering Implementation:

 User-Based Collaborative Filtering: Implement the user-based collaborative filtering

algorithm to identify similar users and recommend movies based on their preferences.
 Item-Based Collaborative Filtering: Implement the item-based collaborative filtering
algorithm to find similar movies and recommend them to users.
4.Content-Based Filtering Implementation: Develop a content-based filtering algorithm that analyzes
movie attributes and recommends similar movies based on a user's past preferences.

5.Model Evaluation: Evaluate the performance of the recommendation system using appropriate
evaluation metrics such as precision, recall, and accuracy. Use cross-validation techniques to validate
the effectiveness of the system.

Conclusion:

The Movie Recommendation System project employs collaborative filtering, content-based

filtering, and hybrid techniques to provide personalized movie recommendations to users. By
analyzing user behavior, movie attributes, and leveraging various algorithms, the system
enhances the accuracy and relevance of the recommendations. The project demonstrates the
effectiveness of recommendation systems in improving user experiences and
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