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Calculated Bets Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

Paperback • 2001 • English • 1. edition

Calculated Bets Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

By Steven S. Skiena

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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 ...Show more

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Linear programming

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ISBN

9780521009621

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Calculated Bets Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

Format

Paperback

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