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Mining social networks: Untangling the social web | The Economist - 0 views

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    From retailing to counterterrorism, the ability to analyse social connections is proving increasingly useful
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Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Life insurers are testing an intensely personal new use for the vast dossiers of data being amassed about Americans: predicting people's longevity.
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Injecting a Feedback Mechanism into the Learning and Knowledge Analytics '11 Course #LA... - 1 views

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  • hansdezwart on 12 Jan 11
     
    I think there is a potential to inject a feedback mechanism in this course, and any MOOC for that matter, with regard to the helpfulness of reading material in the Syllabus.  I think that would especially suit the Learning & Knowledge Analytics course.
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Datawocky: More data usually beats better algorithms - 0 views

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shared by Tony Searl on 17 Jan 11 - Cached
  • This simple change made Google's ad marketplace much more efficient than Overture's. Notice that the algorithm itself is quite simple; it is the addition of the new data that made the difference.
  • Of course, you have to be judicious in your choice of the data to add to your data set.
  • Tony Searl on 17 Jan 11
     
    But the bigger point is, adding more, independent data usually beats out designing ever-better algorithms to analyze an existing data set. I'm often suprised that many people in the business, and even in academia, don't realize this.
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