The Analysis of Sports Forecasting Modeling Parallels Between Sports Gambling and Financial Markets
- List Price: $229.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
- Publish date: 12/01/1999
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Preface. Introduction: A Variety of Betting Lines. Part I: Models, Moralities, and Misconceptions. 1. A New Information Age. 2. Data Generators. 3. Gambling, Speculation, and Investment. 4. Commentaries. Part II: Modeling Concepts. 1. Expectations: Gambling, Rational and Statistical. 2. Shocks: Deviations from Expectations. 3. Modeling Approaches. Part III: Football. 1. Modeling National Football League Games. Part IV: Basketball. 1. Modeling National Basketball Association Games. Part V: Baseball. 1. Evolution of a Ball and Stick Experiment. 2. Modeling Major League Baseball Games. Part VI: Selection of Athletes. 1. The Belarussian Connection. Part VII: Financial Markets. 1. On the Predictability of Short Term Currency Fluctuations. 2. Modeling Short Term Fluctuations of Common Stock Issues. Appendix. A.1. Time Series Analysis: Overview of Arma, Bilinear, and Higher Order Models. A.2. Multiple Time Series Equations. A.3. Quantification of Structural Effects in Regression Systems. Index. List of Figures.
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