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FiveThirtyEight publishes its sports forecasting formulae

07 Oct 2021

Posted by: The OR Society

Nate Silver’s predictive analytics journalism website FiveThirtyEight has published the maths behind its sports forecasting model, making it possible for you to download the files and and run your own NHL league!

07 Oct 2021

Posted by: The OR Society

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