Greg Linden reports that Google has switched the algorithm they use for YouTube’s recommendation engine from their own to a variation of Amazon’s algorithm that was designed in the late 90s ...

Why would a recommendation engine not suggest computer science classes to a female college student interested in that field of study?

So using a recommendation engine and it's algorithms has really become, to a certain extent, an art as much as a science in making sure that you are pleasing the viewers as much as possible.

Using algorithms to make purchasing suggestions is big business. Netflix reported that its recommendation engine contributes $1 billion to its bottom line every year. However, sometimes the ...

A new study on YouTube, its recommendation algorithm, and conspiracy theories, may point to a broader issue with the platform.

Researchers will present a paper that applies their model to the recommendation engines that are familiar from websites like Amazon and Netflix -- with surprising results.

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent piece up today, putting YouTube’s video-recommendation engine under a microscope and trying to pull apart why the site seems to so often steer users ...

Let’s start with the idea of a recommendation engine. It’s an informal term to describe the complex algorithms that parse masses of data to make suggestions of the “if you like that, you ...