Predictive algorithm and what’s so great about the Netflix Prize

Well, on the surface, nothing much. But it represent increasing interest on a very promising field.
It’s million dollar prize for computer expert and statistician that can improve a set of algorithm (a set of rules to be executed by computer).
Netflix, the companies who pay for this $1 million reward, is a movie rental company in [...]

Miskonsepsi tentang suku bunga deposito (dan tabungan)

(This feature serves as a mini update to my post on Time Deposit Interest Rate, the previous post can be found by clicking this link)
I had had strong…’prejudice’ regarding interest rates. I used to assume that interest rates from small banks is usually higher than those of larger banks, that larger banks are laggards when [...]

Looking for precedence – Sustainable Advantage – General Motors

Being in the Fortune 500 is grand, being in the Fortune Global 1000 is even more grand.
Being there means having size, having heft, having revenue so ridiculously big you’re competitor cries about how they cannot compete with your scale.
If Astra International and Bank Central Asia, Indonesia’s most distinguished companies are not even in the Global [...]