Recommendations with consequences exploration

1. A method implemented by at least one processor comprising hardware, the method comprising:

receiving a user input including a recommendation topic;

presenting, via a display interface, an exploration structure including a node corresponding to the recommendation topic;

receiving data corresponding to the node from a knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data to determine at least one follow-on recommendation that is positively correlated to the node, the follow-on recommendation being a follow-on action to achieve a specified outcome, wherein determining that the at least one follow-on recommendation is positively correlated to the node comprises:

accessing a set of potential follow-on actions;

for each respective potential follow-on action, determining a number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action and achieved the specified outcome; and

determining whether each respective potential follow-on action is positively correlated to the node based on a comparison of the number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action to a threshold number; and

presenting, via the display interface; each determined follow-on action recommendation in the exploration structure as additional child nodes of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of the node, wherein the receiving of the data, analyzing the received data, and presenting each determined follow-on recommendation action in the exploration structure are performed in response to receiving the further user input.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of one of the child nodes; and

in response to receiving the further user input:

receiving data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes from the knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes to determine at least one follow-on recommendation based on the selected one of the child nodes; and

presenting each follow-on recommendation that is determined based on the selected one of the child nodes in the exploration structure as a child node of the selected one of the child nodes.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a period of time;

comparing the specified period of time to a time component associated with each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the time component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified period of time,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having time components that meet the specified period of time in the exploration structure.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a location;

comparing the specified location to a location component of each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the location component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified location,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having location components that meet the specified location in the exploration structure.

6. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by e one or more computer processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user input including a recommendation topic;

presenting, via a display interface, an exploration structure including a node corresponding to the recommendation topic;

receiving data corresponding to the node from a knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data to determine at least one follow-on recommendation that is positively correlated to the node, the follow-on recommendation being a follow-on action to achieve a specified outcome, wherein determining that the at least one follow-on recommendation is positively correlated to the node comprises:

accessing a set of potential follow-on actions;

for each respective potential follow-on action, determining a number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action and achieved the specified outcome; and

determining whether each respective potential follow-on action is positively correlated to the node based on a comparison of the number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action to a threshold number; and

presenting, via the display interface, each determined follow-on action recommendation in the exploration structure as additional child nodes of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic.

7. The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of the node, wherein the receiving of the data; analyzing the received data, and presenting each determined follow-on recommendation action in the exploration structure are performed in response to receiving the further user input.

8. The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of one of the child nodes; and

in response to receiving the further user input:

receiving data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes from the knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes to determine at least one follow-on recommendation based on the selected one of the child nodes; and

presenting each follow-on recommendation that is determined based on the selected one of the child nodes in the exploration structure as a child node of the selected one of the child nodes.

9. The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a period of time;

comparing the specified period of time to a time component associated with each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the time component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified period of time,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having time components that meet the specified period of time in the exploration structure.

10. The system of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a location;

comparing the specified location to a location component of each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the location component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified location,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having location components that meet the specified location in the exploration structure.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving a user input including a recommendation topic;

presenting, via a display interface, an exploration structure including a node corresponding to the recommendation topic;

receiving data corresponding to the node from a knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data to determine at least one follow-on recommendation that is positively correlated to the node, the follow-on recommendation being a follow-on action to achieve a specified outcome, wherein determining that the at least one follow-on recommendation is positively correlated to the node comprises:

accessing a set of potential follow-on actions;

for each respective potential follow-on action, determining a number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action and achieved the specified outcome; and

determining whether each respective potential follow-on action is positively correlated to the node based on a comparison of the number of users that previously performed the respective potential follow-on action to a threshold number; and

presenting, via the display interface, each determined follow-on action recommendation in the exploration structure as additional child nodes of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of the node, wherein the receiving of the data, analyzing the received data, and presenting each determined follow-on recommendation action in the exploration structure are performed in response to receiving the further user input.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input including a selection of one of the child nodes; and

in response to receiving the further user input:

receiving data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes from the knowledge repository;

analyzing the received data corresponding to the selected one of the child nodes to determine at least one follow-on recommendation based on the selected one of the child nodes; and

presenting each follow-on recommendation that is determined based on the selected one of the child nodes in the exploration structure as a child node of the selected one of the child nodes.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a period of time;

comparing the specified period of time to a time component associated with each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the time component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified period of time,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having time components that meet the specified period of time in the exploration structure.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a further user input specifying a location;

comparing the specified location to a location component of each of the determined follow-on recommendations; and

determining that the location component of one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations meets the specified location,

wherein presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic comprises presenting only the one or more of the determined follow-on recommendations having location components that meet the specified location in the exploration structure.