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Re:Winner of 2011 Google AI Challenge Describes Released Code by cpeterso on Saturday December 24, 2011 @01:23PM (#3389343)
Netlix's movie rating prediction contest is a great example of smart teams collaborating. As the contest progressed some teams would join forces forming new hybrid algorithms.
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Re:Winner of 2011 Google AI Challenge Describes Released Code by tvorryn on Saturday December 24, 2011 @02:54PM (#3389529)
Yeah. In this competition collaboration was discouraged. That does keep politics/alliance building skills out of the equation at the cost of worse overall final products.
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