preference pattern
scheme of preferences

Again, these similarities can be combined with the similarity scores that are computed based on preference patterns, in order to produce an overall similarity measure.

The treacher had nothing interesting to remember but the eating preference patterns of the Okies, and such patterns change slowly and, for the most part, insignificantly.

The corporations and conglomerates responsible for the feed participate in data mining by monitoring the purchases and interests of those with the feed, using this information to fit individuals into consumer profiles based on users' preference patterns.