CALCULATION OF A DEGREE OF SIMILARITY OF USERS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for calculating a degree of similarity of users, wherein each user may be a preparer and an answerer of one or more quizzes, the method comprising:
- collecting one or more quizzes from one or more users as preparers;
providing the collected quizzes to one or more users as answerers;
collecting one or more answering activities of one or more answerers to the provided quizzes from the one or more answerers, wherein a pair includes a preparer and an answerer; and
calculating, for each pair, a degree of similarity of knowledge background, based on the one or more answering activities of the one or more answerers.
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Abstract
A method, a computer system, and a computer program product are provided for calculating a degree of similarity of users. Each user may be a preparer and an answerer of one or more quizzes. The method includes collecting one or more quizzes from one or more users as preparers and providing the collected quizzes to one or more user as answerers. The method further includes collecting one or more answering activities of one or more answerers to the provided quizzes from the one or more answerers, wherein a pair includes a preparer and an answerer. The method additionally includes calculating, for each pair, a degree of similarity of knowledge background, based on the one or more answering activities of the one or more answerers.
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1. A computer-implemented method for calculating a degree of similarity of users, wherein each user may be a preparer and an answerer of one or more quizzes, the method comprising:
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collecting one or more quizzes from one or more users as preparers; providing the collected quizzes to one or more users as answerers; collecting one or more answering activities of one or more answerers to the provided quizzes from the one or more answerers, wherein a pair includes a preparer and an answerer; and calculating, for each pair, a degree of similarity of knowledge background, based on the one or more answering activities of the one or more answerers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a memory storing a program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation for calculating a degree of similarity of users, wherein a user may be a preparer and an answerer of one or more quizzes, the operation comprising; collecting one or more quizzes from one or more users as preparers; providing the collected quizzes to one or more users as answerers; collecting one or more answering activities of one or more answerers to the provided quizzes from the one or more answerers, wherein a pair includes a preparer and an answerer; and calculating, for each pair, a degree of similarity of knowledge background, based on the one or more answering activities of the one or more answerers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for calculating a degree of similarity of users, wherein each user may be a preparer and answerer of one or more quizzes, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
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collecting one or more quizzes from one or more users as preparers; providing the collected quizzes to one or more users as answerers; collecting one or more answering activities of one or more answerers to the provided quizzes from the one or more answerers, wherein a pair includes a preparer and an answerer; and calculating, for each pair, a degree of similarity of knowledge background, based on the one or more answering activities of the one or more answerers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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