3 Humans + 1 Computer = Best Prediction
研究对比了180人和统计软件对英德流行歌曲榜单的预测,发现软件更准,但人机混合预测效果最佳。
article notes political analyst Nate Silver's book The Signal and the Noise and focuses on research that examined human and computer predictions for hit songs on the Top 100 popular music charts in Great Britain and Germany. study found statistics-based computer software was more accurate in forecasting hit songs than the 180 people in the study. It also found a mix of human and computer predictions produced the best forecasts. Research methods in the study are noted.