recommendation algorithms

also referred to as: recommendation algorithm

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 21, 2015 by Liz Crawford · across every show →

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Oct 21, 2015 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Birchbox's catalog recommendation algorithm boosted full-size product conversions by 20%
“We were using one of our recommendation algorithms just recently in a catalog sort which we newly put in, and it showed a 20% lift in conversion on, like, full size purchase.”
Liz Crawford Oct 21, 2015 ▶ 20:22 Liz Crawford, Birchbox // Data Science & Analytics at Birchbox (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Nov 23, 2015 negative
Assertion Supported
Bloom: Netflix couldn't deploy its $1M prize algorithm due to complexity
“They paid a million dollar bounty, and they wound up looking at the code, and there were hundreds of separate models that were then boosted together, and they said there's no way we can do it.”
Josh Bloom Nov 23, 2015 ▶ 10:28 Machine Learning in Production with Josh Bloom, Co-founder Wise.io
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