Netflix Prize May Have Been Achieved 83
MadAnalyst writes "The long-running $1,000,000 competition to improve on the Netflix Cinematch recommendation system by 10% (in terms of the RMSE) may have finally been won. Recent results show a 10.05% improvement from the team called BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos, a merger between some of the teams who were getting close to the contest's goal. We've discussed this competition in the past."
1 Million split 7 ways (Score:4, Funny)
they were able to get the extra 0.5% over the top (Score:5, Funny)
by simply ignoring data from anyone who ever rented SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Gigli, From Justin to Kelly, Disaster Movie, any movie by Uwe Boll and any movie starring Paris Hilton
suddenly, everything made sense
Re:they were able to get the extra 0.5% over the t (Score:3, Funny)
by simply ignoring data from anyone who ever rented SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Gigli, From Justin to Kelly, Disaster Movie, any movie by Uwe Boll and any movie starring Paris Hilton
Hey, I (along with the rest of my frat, our school hockey team, and most of the town) was in a movie starring Paris Hilton, you insensitive clod!
Re:alas, basementman (Score:1, Funny)