Calculated bets : computers, gambling, and mathematical modeling to win /
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| Author / Creator: | Skiena, Steven S. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Outlooks Outlooks. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119233 |
| Summary: | Calculated Bets describes a gambling system that works. Steven Skiena, a jai-alai enthusiast and computer scientist, documents how he used computer simulations and modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and increased his initial stake by 544% in one year. Skiena demonstrates how his jai-alai system functions like a stock trading system, and includes examples of how gambling and mathematics interact in program trading systems, how mathematical models are used in political polling, and what the future holds for Internet gambling. With humor and enthusiasm, Skiena explains computer predictions used in business, sports, and politics, and the difference between correlation and causation. An unusual presentation of how mathematical models are designed, built, and validated, Calculated Bets also includes a list of modeling projects with online data sources. Steven Skiena, Associate Professor of Computer Science at SUNY Stony Brook, is the author of The Algorithm Design Manual (Springer-Verlag, 1997) and the EDUCOM award-winning Computational Discrete Mathematics. He is the recipient of the ONR Young Investigator's Award and the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stony Brook. His research interests include discrete mathematics and its applications, particularly the design of graph, string, and geometric algorithms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511018371 9780511018374 0511043961 9780511043963 9780511547089 0511547080 1280433418 9781280433412 9780521804264 0521804264 9780521009621 0521009626 9786610433414 6610433410 |