Research Article

Enhancing Countries’ Fitness with Recommender Systems on the International Trade Network

Table 1

The top five recommended products by TProbS algorithms for three randomly selected countries in different tiers.

Tier Country Recommended products (top 5)

Low tier VanuatuCigarettes
Fruit, fresh or dried
Plants and parts of trees used in perfumery; in pharmacy; etc.
Sawlogs and veneer logs, of non-coniferous species
Non-alcoholic beverages
Tonga Spices, except pepper and pimento
Sugar confectionery and preparations, non-chocolate
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish
Cement
Wood, simply shaped
Dominica Meal and flour of wheat and flour of meslin
Cask, drums, etc., of iron, steel, aluminium, for packing goods
Packing containers, box files, etc., of paper, used in offices
Beer made from malt
Plastic packing containers, lids, stoppers and other closures

Middle tier NorwayAnimals, live (including zoo animals, pets, insects, etc.)
Fuel wood and wood charcoal
Bovine and equine hides, raw, whether or not split
Bones, ivory, horns, coral, shells and similar products
Soaps, organic products and preparations for use as soap
MauritiusSkirts
Vegetable products roots and tubers, fresh, dried
Leather of other hides or skins
Footwear
Other outer garments
Kyrgyzstan Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fillet
Eggs, birds, and egg yolks, fresh, dried or preserved, in shell
Fruit or vegetable juices
Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc., as cooked preparations

Top tier Germany Iron, steel, aluminium reservoirs, tanks, etc., capacity 300 lt plus
Non-domestic refrigerators and refrigerating equipment, parts
Insulated electric wire, cable, bars, etc.
Bottles etc. of glass
Railway or tramway sleepers
Italy Refined sugar etc.
Fuel wood and wood charcoal
Sugar confectionery and preparations
Manufactures of mineral materials (other than ceramic)
cotton, not elastic nor rubberized
Switzerland Structures and parts of, of iron, steel; plates, rods, and the like
Manufactures of mineral materials (other than ceramic)
Other furniture and parts thereof
Organic surface-active agents
Miscellaneous articles of base metal