Two Wharton researchers challenge Chris Anderson’s Long Tail theory.
Bellkor’s Pragmatic Chaos Takes Netflix Prize
September 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
Is the Netflix Prize the new model for innovation in analytics? Are you a PhD who’d work for $1 an hour?
What the Netflix Competition Means for the Rest of Us
July 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The fabled Netflix Prize competition is closed although a winner won’t be announced until September. The company offered $1 million to anyone who could most improve their movie recommendation algorythm with a minimum threshhold of 10%. As of the July 26 closing, two teams had exceeded the 10% mark and were neck-and-neck (about 1/1000th of [...]
