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To achieve the second objective, Netflix is continuously tweaking and experimenting with its recommendation algorithm, which is partially based on the company's rating system.
By John D. Sutter, CNN (CNN) — Netflix recently lifted the hood on its recommendation algorithm, which helps people who use that video-streaming service to find movies and shows that they may ...
Netflix in 2006 held an open competition to find the collaborative filtering algorithm that would best predict whether or not a user would like a particular film or TV show based on previous ...
August 22, 2017 at 5:53pm BST The algorithm used by Netflix to make recommendations to users looks beyond the genre of previously watched shows to find links in narratives, the streaming service ...
Netflix’s recommendation algorithm has helped the company sustain its value If a Netflix user has a specific program they would like to watch in mind, they could easily access that program using ...
When it comes to recommendation systems, everybody's looking to increase accuracy: the Netflix Prize was awarded last July for an algorithm that improved the accuracy of the service's ...
You would think if a company spent $1 million on an algorithm to increase accuracy of its recommendation engine, the company would actually use that algorithm. That's not the case with Netflix though.
Netflix's grassroots competition to best its recommendation algorithm was a bit popularity booster for the company--but thanks to concerns over privacy (backed up by one troubling example), the ...
Netflix Sticks Up for Free Speech Rights of Recommendation Algorithm The streamer is battling a grieving family blaming '13 Reasons Why' for the suicide of a teenager.
Netflix and chill is great when you're loved up. But, when that love dies, Netflix can serve as a constant reminder of your ex and the shows you once watched together. That's because of one big ...