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What is evaluation metric for recommendation systems?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Metrics like precision, recall, MAP, and NDCG evaluate recommendation quality.
Deep explanation
Evaluation focuses on ranking quality and relevance. Offline metrics measure how well predicted rankings match ground truth interactions.
Real-world example
Measuring Netflix recommendation accuracy.
Common mistakes
- Using only accuracy for ranking problems.
Follow-up questions
- What is NDCG?
- Why ranking metrics?