Draw a relationship matrix

Author: the Internet weekly khaki Chan "reporter

People in the world, you and any interval between strangers will not exceed 6 individuals.

But how to build and render the relationship path, but it is not easy. This is another opportunity for search.

To the profile of Jackie Chan's eldest brother, almost every Chinese have known him for face, of which there are quite a lot on entertainment news-sensitive people know fangzuming is his and Lin fengjiao son.

But the name of Wu Yi-Li? I know of.

According to the traditional search model, the user wants to find a person, first in the search box enter the name and, depending on the search engine returns the results page to identify themselves as valuable information, and identify results.

Subject to user habits influence of difference, of the discovery process often, and almost misdeeds. It was directly based on the results page presents a summary of related Web pages these decisions, it is a page a page by clicking on it, from the target Web page for answers.

Although the individual behind the famous search engine has its own advanced algorithms to provide users with accurate and valuable as possible of the results page, but in practice, in order to clarify the Wu Yi-Li and Jackie Chan, you just enter "Wu-Yi Li" and "Jackie" the two key words are not enough, on the information on the results page combing seemingly simple, but the process is not so interesting.

Also, if we fade premise — you haven't heard of Wu Yi Li, just take the "Jackie" as the keyword, then maybe you want to in sections 5, 6 page appears after the "Wu Yi-Li" in the name, you still have to spend a few minutes to know her years ago was Jackie Chan's girlfriend and to his birth to a daughter.

Of course, in this case, in fact, we are assuming that the interest in advance of Jackie Chan, should be on Jackie Chan and Wu Yi-Li is interested in the relationship of the logical.

But in reality, similar logic there are many, such as those concerned with Jackie Chan, will he and the relationship between Lin fengjiao and fangzuming, his new film, his latest attend social events, including his car and luxury.

Professor of Psychology at Harvard University StanleyMilgram in 1967 had a famous "chain letter" experiment, purported to describe a person with mesh topology community relationships, results are summarized later referred to as the "six degrees of separation" (SixDegrees ofSeparation) theory — you and any of the intervals between strangers who will not exceed 6 months, that is, up by 6 personal you will be able to recognize any strangers.

This theory sounds simple, but how to make your computer automatically build and render the relationship path figure, but it is not easy.

Microsoft Research Asia of text following the wing fellows and NIE then Ching researcher's project team has made for this.

They developed a new type of object level search engine "Guanxi" (relationship), it is also "the object-level vertical search" (Object-levelVerticalSearch) technology (specifically refer to the Internet weekly on 15 September 2007, as published in the "search is what you get" a man), a new application.

"Guanxi" interface just like a traditional search engine, except that the result page.

In the text following the wing for journalists show beta "Guanxi" search engine, enter "Jackie", you can clearly see the results page is divided into left and right columns. Right almost and traditional results page, but the result to the left of the page, but directly from the "turn" and "Lin fengjiao fangzuming" and "Wu Yi-Li" and "VISA" and "Hong Kong Tourism Ambassador" entry, these are precisely the essence of the "Guanxi".

For the left column of the results page of each entry is concerned, it gives the user a clear message that can be deemed to be the next click on the search keywords.

The text following the wing said, "Guanxi" enables users to find what they are interested in a real-world objects (of course, not only are people, places and institutions is also an object), and the relationship between them. From the pages crawled, classification, information extraction, intelligent analysis and data mining, and ultimately discharged according to algorithms and objects related to the entry, a process completed by computer.

> Look, "Guanxi" is no longer just an information to obtain accessible tools, even with the information collated, aggregation, guidance, navigation initiative. This is the "Internet xrank\xe2\x84\xa2" features embody the very direct. "Guanxi" be on the reality of the excavated objects are network popularity rankings, user in accordance with a different period (day, month, year, total man gas) the order of popularity from the object browser. For example, the current month's popularity top up by Yi Jianlian, you click on the "Yi Jianlian", you will see a system automatically generated information aggregation page, here you can find on the Internet and all the staff-related — pictures, news, networking, and related objects, and so on. You can imagine this kind of search of commercial value, if the "Yi Jianlian" is replaced by the name of a popular product?

More awareness of the impact force is "Guanxi" the relationship between net mining and browse with.

In other words, you are looking for people and he's the relationship between the relevant person, be in a graphical manner is very intuitive. Interestingly, the system will automatically crop the photo, and the character's face is rendered at the round picture frame, the entire process completely automatic generation based on the algorithm, which is applied to a number of image recognition technology, such as "facedetection". The size of the photo itself, indicate the person's own popularity; and search for objects in the distance, the relationship between two people near and far.

The NIE then clear view, the future of search not only provide the user with a single result, but should continue to help users find more and he provides keyword related things.

Whether it's people, places or institutions, users are no longer a page of a Web page to find valuable information, the richer and convenient Internet experience undoubtedly would significantly improve the adhesion of the user.

Popularity is only temporary, and relations between people are often also a non-human society "relationship" itself is eternal, but also can create value, this probably is the community site is one of the reasons for the increasing popularity.

The last publication of new book: the art of the relationship between Microsoft, China, and Bill Gates's win war · plan (GUANXI (TheArt Of Relationships) Microsoft, China, and Bill Gates ' s Plan to Winthe RoadAhead) is in talks about Microsoft Research Asia. The text following the wing and NIE then clear "Guanxi" that name got directly, but there are some.