Mathletics (eBook)

How Gamblers, Managers, and Fans Use Mathematics in Sports, Second Edition

Wayne L. Winston, Scott Nestler, Konstantinos Pelechrinis (Autoren)

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2022
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18929-1 (ISBN)

Infos

How to use math to improve performance and predict outcomes in professional sportsMathletics reveals the mathematical methods top coaches and managers use to evaluate players and improve team performance, and gives math enthusiasts the practical skills they need to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of their favorite sports-and maybe even gain the outside edge to winning bets. This second edition features new data, new players and teams, and new chapters on soccer, e-sports, golf, volleyball, gambling Calcuttas, analysis of camera data, Bayesian inference, ridge regression, and other statistical techniques. After reading Mathletics, you will understand why baseball teams should almost never bunt; why football overtime systems are unfair; why points, rebounds, and assists aren't enough to determine who's the NBA's best player; and more.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.2.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 197 line illus. 55 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Schlagworte: Aaron Rodgers • Aaron Schatz • Accelerated failure time model • Accuracy and precision • American football rules • Approximation error • Asian Studies • batting average • Bayesian average • Bayesian inference • ben roethlisberger • Best, worst and average case • Binary number • binomial regression • Bowl Championship Series • Buddhism • Calculation • Catholicism • Chinese Culture • cincinnati bengals • College Football • College Football Playoff • Computation • Confucianism • Confucius • Credence (statistics) • Data dredging • Data Mining • defensive end • dick vermeil • Dummy variable (statistics) • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • estimation • expected value • Fatigue (medical) • Feng-hsiung Hsu • Field Goal • Fireplace • FiveThirtyEight • Floor and ceiling functions • Forecast Error • frequentist inference • Garbage time • George washington university • Goal line (gridiron football) • Green Bay Packers • hot hand • Incomplete pass • Integer • Jeff Ma • Least Squares • Letter of resignation • Line of Scrimmage • Logistic Regression • Major religious groups • Markov Chain • mark's • Matt Ryan (American football) • Metadata • Modernity • Monte Carlo Method • Nate Silver • NCAA Division II • negative binomial distribution • negro • new Confucianism • New England Patriots • Node (networking) • Normal distribution • Optimal Decision • percentage • Philosophy • pittsburgh steelers • Poisson binomial distribution • Poisson distribution • Positional notation • posterior probability • Prediction • Probability • probability and statistics • Pro Football Focus • Protestantism • p-value • Pythagorean Theorem • Racial segregation • Randomization • random sequence • Random Variable • real number • Renaissance Technologies • Requirement • result • Romanticism • Sigmoid function • Sinology • smoothing • Sociology • solver • Special case • standard deviation • Standard Score • Statcast • Steven Levitt • Strength and conditioning coach • Super Bowl LI • Survival Analysis • Taoism • the man with the hoe • Theory of Games and Economic Behavior • Thought • Tom Brady • Total quarterback rating • Touchdown • Touchdown pass • Two-point conversion • Value criterion • Variance • Wide Receiver • Winner's Curse • Zero-sum Game
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18929-3 / 0691189293
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18929-1 / 9780691189291