The napolean dynamite problem

To: Rao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>
Subject: The napolean dynamite problem
From: Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:26:35 -0700
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check this New York Times article for some background on collaborative filtering and netflix prize..

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