Re:Netflix Progress Prize Awarded
by Retric on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @08:50PM
(#393792)
Because they are testing it vs a fixed data set teams can gain information about that data set based on their submissions. Which is why several teams mix and mach several different approaches. They can increase the weight of each approach over time and game the system.
Edit: I am not saying they are intentionally cheating rather it's one of the reasons that approach works.
Edit: I am not saying they are intentionally cheating rather it's one of the reasons that approach works.