YouTube: Georgia Tech System Makes Best NCAA Picks

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In a recent video posted on YouTube, Joel Sokol discusses how LRMC, a computer ranking system, has predicted the outcomes of NCAA tournament games more accurately than other competing ranking systems.

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You don't need a crystal ball to create your own NCAA basketball March Madness bracket pool this year. In a recent video posted on YouTube, Joel Sokol, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, discusses how LRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain), a computer ranking system, has predicted the outcomes of NCAA tournament games more accurately than other competing ranking systems. 

Watch this video to learn more about Sokol’s research and LRMC predictions.

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School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)

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Georgia Tech, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, joel sokol, LRMC
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  • Created By: Ashley Daniel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 8, 2012 - 8:24am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:11pm