// create a data model
dataModel = new GenericDataModel(preferecesOfUsersFastMap);
// Instantiate the recommender
recommender = new GenericBooleanPrefItemBasedRecommender(dataModel, new LogLikelihoodSimilarity(dataModel));
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Problem with the file URL", e);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
log.log(Level.SEVERE, DATA_FILE_NAME+" was not found", e);
} catch (IOException e) {