Building Web Reputation Systems: The Blog

We're proud to announce that Chapter 10: Application Integration, Testing & Tuning is now drafted and ready for those of you hearty enough to consume raw, unedited content..

Table of Contents:

Application Integration, Testing & Tuning

• Integrating With Your Application
  • Implementing your Reputation Model
  • Rigging Inputs
  • Applied Outputs
  • Beware Feedback Loops!
  • Plan for Change
• Testing Your System
  • Bench Testing Reputation Models
  • Environmental (Alpha) Testing Reputation Models
  • Pre-Deployment (Beta) Testing Reputation Models
    • Performance: Testing Scale
    • Confidence: Testing Computation Accuracy
    • Application Optimization: Measuring Use Patterns
    • Feedback: Evaluating Customer's Satisfaction
    • Value: Measuring ROI
• Tuning Your System
  • Tuning for ROI: Metrics
    • Model Tuning
    • Application Tuning
  • Tuning for Behavior
    • Emergent Effects and Emergent Defects
    • Keep Great Reputations Scarce
  • Tuning for the Future

We're starting to come into the home stretch with only two chapters remaining unwritten and the formal review process ramping up. It's getting pretty exciting.