TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– This purpose of this paper is to propose a recommendation approach for information retrieval.Design/methodology/approach– Relevant results are presented on the basis of a novel data structure named FPT‐tree, which is used to get common interests. Then, data is trained by using a partial back‐propagation neural network. The learning is guided by users' click behaviors.Findings– Experimental results have shown the effectiveness of the approach.Originality/value– The approach attempts to integrate metric of interests (e.g., click behavior, ranking) into the strategy of the recommendation system. Relevant results are first presented on the basis of a novel data structure named FPT‐tree, and then, those results are trained through a partial back‐propagation neural network. The learning is guided by users' click behaviors. VL - 23 IS - 4 SN - 0737-8831 DO - 10.1108/07378830510636364 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830510636364 AU - Gao Kai AU - Wang Yong‐Cheng AU - Wang Zhi‐Qi ED - Scott P. Muir ED - Mark Leggott PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/01/01 TI - Similar interest clustering and partial back‐propagation‐based recommendation in digital library T2 - Library Hi Tech PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 587 EP - 597 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -