Who's #1?: The Science of Rating and Ranking

by Carl D. Meyer and Amy N. Langville

Book Overview

A website's ranking on Google can spell the difference between success and failure for a new business. NCAA football ratings determine which schools get to play for the big money in postseason bowl games. Product ratings influence everything from the clothes we wear to the movies we select on Netflix. Ratings and rankings are everywhere, but how exactly do they work? Who's #1? offers an engaging and accessible account of how scientific rating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154228
• ISBN13: 9780691154220
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.1"