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SPEAR Algorithm

“The graph-based SPEAR algorithm (Spamming-resistant Expertise Analysis and Ranking) is a new technique to measure the expertise of users by analyzing their activities. The focus is on the ability of users to find new, high quality information in the Internet. A great benefit of SPEAR is that it actually returns two very interesting results at the same time: first, a ranked list of expert users; and second, a ranked list of high quality Web documents.” — via the delicious blog

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Sep 01 2009 / 10:04 am

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