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Given that Pagerank was literally invented and named after Larry Page, I would think that Google had a head start. That being said, Page Rank is a more a stell
by screye 5y ago
Given that Pagerank was literally invented and named after Larry Page, I would think that Google had a head start.
That being said, Page Rank is a more a stellar example of adapting an academic idea into practice, than a statistical idea in and of itself.
Afterall, it is 'merely' the stationary distribution for a random walk over an undirected graph. I say 'merely' with a lot of respect, because the best ideas often feel simple in hindsight. But, it is that simplicity that makes them even more impressive.
- alanbernstein 5y ago> Given that Pagerank was literally invented and named after Larry Page, I would think that Google had a head start. I don't think this means much. The history of science and technology is full of examples of results named after someone other than the first person to find them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27.... In fact, based on the other comments in this thread, it seems that Pagerank being named after Larry Page is itself one of these examples.