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Rating, ranking and recommending: Three R's for the internet age

  • Written by Christopher Brinton, Visiting Researcher and Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
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This holiday season, when we Google for the most trending gifts, compare different items on Amazon or take a break to watch a holiday movie on Netflix, we are making use of what might be called “the three R’s” of the Internet Age: rating, ranking and recommending.

Much like the traditional “three...

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