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| ID | 483 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Matt |
| Last Name | Rissler |
| Institution | Loras College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Ranking teams, predicting outcomes, tuning parameters and getting stuck |
| Abstract | I have been ranking sports for the last couple years, using a combination of a Markov Chain for determining the quality of a win based on the margin of victory, and a Markov Chain for aggregating results across the network of games. From this information, I've started predicting the outcome of games, however, this raises an interesting eigenvector problem that I have yet to solve. In this talk, I'll describe my rankings, give some rankings/predictions, describe the problems I've run into, and describe the future plans for improving my rankings. |
| Subject area(s) | Linear Algebra, Sports Analytics, Computing |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | Either |
| Computer Needed? | Y |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
| Software requests | None |
| Special Needs | None |
| Date Submitted | 10/06/2017 |
| Year | 2017 |