trending.rb

# concept stolen from:
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/787496/what-is-the-best-way-to-compute-trending-topics-or-tags

def trending(count, past_hour_data, past_24hours_data)
  candidates = data_freq_above_median(past_hour_data)
  zcandidates = candidates.inject([]) do |sum, (term, freq)|
    z = zscore(
      freq,
      past_24hours_data
        .select { |elt| elt[0].eql?(term) }
        .map { |elt| elt[1] }
    )
    sum << [term, z]
    sum
  end
  zcandidates.sort_by { |term| -term[1] }.take count
end

def data_freq_above_median(data)
  return data if data.length < 20
  median = medianscore(data.map { |elt| elt[1] })
  data.select { |elt| elt[1] > median }
end

def medianscore(data)
  mid = data.length / 2.0
  data = data.sort
  if mid % 1 == 0.5
    data[mid - 0.5]
  else
    (data[mid - 1] + data[mid]) / 2
  end
end

def zscore(freq, population)
  raise "population can't be 0" if population.length == 0
  avg = population.sum / Float(population.length)
  raise "there's no variance in the data" if avg == freq
  std = population
    .map { |freq| (freq - avg) ** 2 }
    .then { |frs| frs.sum / population.length }
    .then { |var| Math.sqrt(var) }
  (freq - avg) / std
end

past_hour = [ 
  ["matematika", 200], 
  ["biologi", 39] 
] 
past_24_hours = [ 
  ["biologi", 1], 
  ["matematika", 90], 
  ["biologi", 10], 
  ["matematika", 102],
  ["biologi", 11],
  ["matematika", 110],
  ["biologi", 25],
  ["matematika", 50],
  ["biologi", 18],
  ["matematika", 205],
  ["biologi", 10],
  ["matematika", 200],
  ["biologi", 18],
  ["matematika", 10],
  ["biologi", 3],
  ["matematika", 90],
  ["biologi", 14],
  ["matematika", 100],
  ["biologi", 18],
  ["matematika", 99],
  ["biologi", 21],
  ["matematika", 97],
  ["biologi", 15],
  ["matematika", 100],
  ["biologi", 22],
  ["matematika", 89],
  ["biologi", 15],
  ["matematika", 96],
  ["biologi", 20],
  ["matematika", 175],
  ["biologi", 23],
  ["matematika", 199],
  ["biologi", 18],
  ["matematika", 96],
  ["biologi", 19],
  ["matematika", 121],
  ["biologi", 14],
  ["matematika", 170],
  ["biologi", 24],
  ["matematika", 230],
  ["biologi", 16],
  ["matematika", 142],
  ["biologi", 12],
  ["matematika", 103],
  ["biologi", 14],
  ["matematika", 95],
  ["biologi", 39],
  ["matematika", 200]
]

puts trending(2, past_hour, past_24_hours)

result:

biologi
2.994086366530637
matematika
1.4325657093777162

biologi is more trending than matematika