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| **(b)** Suppose that, instead of representing links between web pages, the directed graphs tell who likes whom among a your circle of friends, and that you use the same algorithm to compute a Likeability Rank, with the same numerical results. Would this give true quantitative values and rankings of how likeable your friends are? Why or why not? What does your answer here say about Google Page Rank as a method of ranking web pages? | **(b)** Suppose that, instead of representing links between web pages, the directed graphs tell who likes whom among a your circle of friends, and that you use the same algorithm to compute a Likeability Rank, with the same numerical results. Would this give true quantitative values and rankings of how likeable your friends are? Why or why not? What does your answer here say about Google Page Rank as a method of ranking web pages? | ||
| - | I don't have a specific answer in mind here. Just be thoughtful. | + | I don't have a specific answer in mind here. Just be thoughtful and express yourself clearly. |
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| - | After that is complete the values of ''x'' correspond to the rank of the particular websites as | + | After that is complete the values of ''x'' give the probabilities that a random web surfer will end |
| - | ordered in ''U''. Look up the ''sort'' command in the Help menu and find a way to print the list of | + | up at the web pages listed in ''U'', and you can rank the pages in ''U'' according to their probabilities |
| + | in ''x''. Look up the ''sort'' command in the Help menu and find a way to print the list of | ||
| websites in order of their rank. Turn in the list of the top 10, the fraction of the time a random | websites in order of their rank. Turn in the list of the top 10, the fraction of the time a random | ||
| web surfer would spend in each one of those 10, and your code to complete the Lab. Note: There is | web surfer would spend in each one of those 10, and your code to complete the Lab. Note: There is | ||
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