HITS Algorithm and HUBS and AUTHORITIES Explained

[@thepriestofvaranasi]

Wow, this is the clearest explanation of the HITS algorithm that I've found on the internet. Thanks.

[@understandayurveda6668]

You explained it very very well because i completely undeerstood this

[@casinarro]

so after the algorithm starts, it does not distinguish between authority nodes and hub nodes while adding up the scores. It is only after the k iterations are over, we again classify the nodes, and identify the more relevant authority and hub nodes as the ones with the largest scores.

[@jesssanma213]

Such a great video, thank you for explaining this algorithm!

[@Mohit-nw5jr]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ericwei1637]

Thank you for the video, it makes a lotta sense for me now

[@Mohit-nw5jr]

You are welcome :)

[@malabikasen2401]

Thanks for the video with the go through example. Helped me understand the problem very well

[@Mohit-nw5jr]

Glad it helped!

[@joemogu]

Very clear explanation , thanks

[@mimosapoon6038]

Clear explanation. Thanks

[@andremeiner1365]

great video! seriously

[@anuverma1486]

for second iteration , old authority of A should be 3/15 :)

[@philh7204]

I think you're supposed to calculate the Hub score based on the current iteration's Authority score, not the previous iteration's.

[@yoyoyoesmeriz]

shall i assume this correction?

[@adamlamay2074]

agreed, it should be based on the new auth score

[@alexrivera1274]

Is there another way to normalize the initial authority and hub scores of 1 instead of dividing by the total amount of nodes? I have seen ap/c where c= sqrrt(sum(a^2) but do not know how to implement it

[@tbratt]

Could the authority score of page C be wrong? I get 0.37

[@leehyunjae190]

Thank you!

[@Mohit-nw5jr]

You're welcome!

[@nidarehman5301]

what does the meaning of converging in hit algorith?

[@thepriestofvaranasi]

It means that the hub and authority scores will stop changing in consecutive iterations.

[@dannydan8964]

Does Google Algo use the HITS Algorithm? I think they do

[@stephanieeristoff1263]

No. Check the PageRank Algorithm. HITS was an important predecessor though.