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Is there a part of Stack Exchange for asking about finding c# statistical algorithms
I am trying to find an algorithm for Granger Causality in c#. Is this sort of question dealt with anywhere on Stack Exchange?
Or is there some other forum I should look at for questions that are not ...
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How does “Questions with similar titles” work? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Detecting similarity between questions : How?
I would like to get the basic idea how this is implemented and how the algorithm works, particularly the way it makes ...
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My question matches stackoverflow's FAQ. Do we need to rewrite http://stackoverflow.com/faq?
I asked this question: Guess the 5 letter word.
As I commented, the FAQ says, "if your question generally covers ... a software algorithm ... then you’re in the right place to ask your question!" It ...
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How does Stack Overflow know what is the main tag of a question? [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Which tag is added to the page title?
Does it matter the order you tag your question
In the browser's title bar, Stack Overflow always displays one of the question's ...
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Can we add these words indicating subjectivity to the automatic question review score?
I've found a few words to search for that are pretty good at finding questions to down-vote or close-vote--good enough that it might be worth factoring them into the question score that determines if ...
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Frontpage content algorithm
Quoting from the Privileges page:
Vote Down
When you vote down, you are moving that content "down" so it will be seen by fewer people.
Vote Up
When you vote up, you are moving that content ...
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“Generating a random DFA with uniform distribution” - Where can I ask this kind of question?
I asked this question yesterday. It appears building a random DFA, selected with uniform distribution, is more difficult than it seems.
Should I be asking this somewhere else, or have I come to the ...
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Open the pod bay doors, Community
I think Community may have an algorithm issue.
This answer was flagged for attention by Community with the message "Possible vandalism of own posts; please check recent activity". Recent activity ...
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How do the “related question” suggestions work on Stack Overflow? [closed]
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How are “related” questions selected?
I'm working on a Stack Overflow-like answers site, and I'm trying to replicate the "related questions" feature. Is ...
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Stack Overflow subjective question validation algorithm [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
How does the automatic subjective filter work?
What algorithm does StackOverflow use to determine if a question may be subjective?
I know this is a discussion of the ...
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If these two questions are related, then so are Steve Jobs and Richard Stallman
Exhibit A:
Profile copying does not correctly copy empty age field
I just copied my profile from SO to meta. I had not given a date of birth in SO but I had entered date for meta.
After ...
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How are recent tags on homepage queried?
Hi, I'd like to know what algorithm is used to display recent tags on homepage? How many recent questions tags is taken under consideration when displaying that tag cloud? Any details?
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Badges Algorithm for SO
How does the badges work in SO in terms of implementation and database? For example how are the badges implemented on the database? and how does the algorithm know which badge to choose from when ...
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“Member for” display calculation
I noticed that I recently rolled over to "12 months" on my user profile on Stack Overflow and noticed that I also did not get awarded the yearling badge. I have since figured out that it appears that ...
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what is the SOF algorithm for generating the icons for each user?
designs are automatically generated for the user. i know they are gravatars but what is the algorithm for generating my icon?
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What algorithm does StackOverflow use to determine if a question may be subjective?
I was asking a question in serverfault.com and this message warned me (correctly!):
The question you're asking appears
subjective and is likely to be closed
So, I'm curious if there any ...
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What Formula Should Be Used To Determine “hot” Questions?
Right now the front page Popular tab is fairly broken -- it's a simple descending sort by views. As Joel said in podcast #18, it is "a self-fulfilling prophecy." But this is not intentional, it's only ...
