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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amy N Langville; C D Meyer |
| ISBN: | 9780691154220 0691154228 |
| OCLC Number: | 823013952 |
| Description: | xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction to ranking -- Massey's method -- Colley's method -- Keener's method -- Elo's system -- The Markov method -- The offense-defense rating method -- Ranking by reordering methods -- Point spreads -- User preference ratings -- Handling ties -- Incorporating weights -- "What if -- " scenarios and sensitivity -- Rank aggregation : part 1 -- Rank aggregation : part 2 -- Methods of comparison -- Data -- Epilogue. |
| Other Titles: | Who's number one |
| Responsibility: | Amy N. Langville and Carl D. Meyer. |
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[A] thorough exploration of the methods and applications of ranking for an audience ranging from computer scientists and engineers to high-school teachers to 'people interested in wagering on just about anything'. Nature Physics Who's #1 provides a fascinating tour through the world of rankings and is highly recommended. -- Richard J. Wilders MAA Reviews [T]he book ... provide[s] an excellent, accessible, and stimulating discussion of the material it does cover. Overall, the book makes a valuable addition to the canon of rating and ranking. -- David J. Hand Journal of Applied Statistics This book provides an interesting overview of ranking various sports teams, chess players, politicians, and the like in real-life circumstances, which typically involve serious constraints on the time available to find the optimal ranking. Choice The book could be used to supplement a course on linear algebra and/or numerical linear algebra... The book could also be used as the basis for a short topics course or undergraduate research project on ranking, or it could be used in a modeling class as an example of how mathematical modeling is done. In addition to describing the mathematics of ranking, the book is full of interesting tidbits that add to the pleasure of its reading. -- James Keener SIAM Review When I started this book I knew very little about American football. I was little the wiser after finishing it, but I had an excellent understanding of various methods used in the obtaining of the ranking of teams and their interrelationships. Langville and Meyer are to be commended for this collection, and anyone who is more conversant with North American sports than I am will most certainly be stimulated by reading Who's #1? -- Andrew I. Dale Notices of the AMS Read more...
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