AI Term

Dot Product

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What it measures: Combines both the angle and magnitude of vectors into a single similarity score.

When to use: Recommendation systems, when you want to consider both direction and strength of preferences.

Math insight: Rewards vectors that point in the same direction AND have high magnitudes.

Example: User preferences where both the type of content and the strength of preference matter.

Range: -∞ to +∞ (higher values = more similar)

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