pagerank
Mathematical Programming with Python
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python_2025/pagerank/pagerank.html

pagerank: The Page Rank algorithm, a method of assigning importance to every node in a graph; this is the basis of the Google search algorithm; it is also an example of the power method for an enormous matrix; to get the power method to work on an enormous network, the algorithm's inventors had to patch the original method, and add a randomization feature, in order to get good results quickly. This is a fundamental algorithm of machine learning.

Lecture notes:

• pagerank.pdf

• pagerank.py

• google_rank.py, given vector x and Google matrix G, return G*x. Call x = google_rank ( x, G ) repeatedly to get Google ranking.
• adjacency_to_google.py, given adjacency matrix A, return Google matrix G.
• adjacency_to_transition.py, given adjacency matrix A, return transition matrix T.
• pagerank.py
• power_rank.py, given vector x and transition matrix T, return T*x. Call x = power_rank(x,T) repeatedly to do power ranking.
• surf_rank.py, given vector x and the adjacency matrix A, pick a random starting point, take a number of steps around the graph, and rank the sites by how often you visited each one.