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- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
information on sites such as Yelp, eBay, and TripAdvisor. The framework relies on an algorithm set up to tackle bias inherent in reviews by taking into account reviewers who vary in accuracy, stringency, and by reputation. Luca cowrote... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
when cities can tolerate risk and when there is enough labor with low opportunity costs. We also report on an inexpensive Boston-based restaurant tournament, which yielded algorithms that proved reasonably accurate when tested... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
machine-learning algorithms running on massive on-demand cloud-computing platforms like Amazon Web Services. At the same time, a trifecta of trends—namely, the widespread reliance on just-in-time inventory management; the ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- Portrait Project
Vibha Kaushik
institutional failures, innovation – mere business buzzwords, or was my education showing me ways to the world I wanted to see? Inequality, women disempowerment, corruption, failing democracy – every challenge that my world faces, my brain's View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
introduction of a very general class of unobserved heterogeneity on agents' preferences. Under minimal assumptions, we show existence and uniqueness of equilibrium. We provide two algorithms to compute the equilibria in our model. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
which builds upon the Thompson sampling algorithm used for multi-armed bandit problems by incorporating inventory constraints into the model and algorithm. Our algorithm proves to have both strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
sends information about the wearer's heartbeat to a data center, where a proprietary algorithm analyzes it for early signs of a heart attack. KarmSolar/Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian farms rely on pumping water from underground sources, which... View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
of transparency is a tricky one. For instance, some algorithms are reaching levels of complexity that are challenging to explain, and even good explanations of models can quickly become outdated. When View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
reviews from Yelp.com, we construct an adjusted average rating and show that even a simple algorithm can lead to large information efficiency gains relative to the arithmetic average. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
computer to monitor typing patterns. (Data on what is typed is not recorded.) Then, each time the person uses that computer, information is uploaded to NeuraMetrix, where it is analyzed for inconsistencies. Because the amount of data collected is immense and the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
their secret sauce, and they are open sourcing it because they can benefit from others improving on these technologies. They also realized that their core asset is really the network and the infrastructure, not so much the algorithms. The View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names immediately visual, accessible, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
arm might lift a barbell.” The 229 RCs who signed up for lunch roulette were connected with three perfectly randomized HBS classmates. Hosted by the Student Association and the Digital Initiative, the project used an open source computer View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
what should you be doing with this information?” Testing companies use a rash of custom-designed assessments, including personality tests, skills assessments, math and logic problems, and judgment tests, on hypothetical work situations. Results are measured using... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
happening, Bouygues warns. To break out of our own bubbles, we need to get beyond the algorithms that decide which news to serve us, and make a more deliberate effort to hear opposing viewpoints. Expand the network. If your corporate... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
percent. Give low- and middle-income customers access to low-interest-rate loans by using a predictive algorithm that uses nontraditional data to measures creditworthiness. “There’s a spectrum of behavior,” says Ayala. “On the one extreme... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
acceptance algorithm proposed by Gale and Shapley (1962) has had a profound influence on market design, both directly, by being adapted into practical matching mechanisms, and, indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
Supply Chain Analytics - Course Catalog
will be centered on supply chain and operations, most classes will have equally important takeaways related much more broadly to human-algorithm (or human-AI) collaboration, i.e., how human employees can work together with AI and View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
tech-enabled elements of their platform. On the digital side, for example, they are experimenting with machine-learning algorithms that can score exercises and quizzes automatically and “nudge” parents to keep them engaged in the program.... View Details