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SUMMARY:Statistical Modelling in Tennis: a Case Study Using World Rankings
  - Dr. Jonathan Nelson
DTSTART:20150222T131500Z
DTEND:20150222T140000Z
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CONTACT:Mary Fortune
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, statistical modelling has played an increasi
 ngly important role in the sports industry - from player evaluation system
 s and tactical decision tools used by team managers (as popularised by fil
 ms such as Moneyball) to predictive models deployed by bookmakers and gamb
 lers to forecast future results. In this talk I will demonstrate that simp
 le statistical methods - combined with a healthy dose of pragmatism - can 
 generate surprisingly powerful models for predicting tennis... and explain
  how a pure mathematician came to be working on them.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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