I’ve been messing around with recommender systems for the past year and a half, but not using the kNN (k-Nearest Neighbors) algorithm. However, my current homework assignment for my Information Retrieval class is to implement kNN for a subset of the Netflix Prize data. The data we are working with is about 800k ratings, which [...]
Archive for 1 April 2008
Ensembles of kNN Recommenders
Posted: 1 April 2008 in UncategorizedTags: cmu, ensemble methods, ensembles, information retrieval, kdd, kdd cup, knn, machine learning, netflix prize, recommender systems, rmse
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April Fools’ Day
Posted: 1 April 2008 in UncategorizedTags: april fool's day, bad jokes, blagoblag, humor, kloonigames
By now, the April Fools’ Day blog post shtick is so done that it has been reduced to one bad joke after another. It’s too much! I will be joining the Kloonigames Alliance Against Awfully Horrible Need-a-word-for- jokes-starting-with-N (KAAAHN).
