Math 344
Old page: https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/344Sp23/
Slides: https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/344Sp23/Math344Sp23LectureNotes.pdf
Videos:
- Class 35: 5/10: NBA Analytics: http://youtu.be/osTQa4Utd_g
- Class 34: 5/8: Golf Statistics: https://youtu.be/MRlcDVvVwOI
- Class 33: 5/5: Egg Drop Problem: Worse Case Analysis, Switching Strategies: https://youtu.be/i6ClZRWyCMI
- Class 32: SCS Scores
- Class 31: Project Discussions
- Class 30: Numerical Techniques for Optima: Grid Search, Greedy Algorithm: https://youtu.be/afBzGwwKtLM
- Class 29: Monte Carlo Integration: https://youtu.be/XmOjxxxv15A (Mathematica file: MonteCarloIntegration2 and pdf version)
- Class 28: Presentation on Home Field Advantage: https://youtu.be/ruM7yrJS-gk
- Class 27: Visit: Analytics in Baseball
- Class 26: Visit: History of Baseball (especially in the Berkshires)
- Class 25: 4/17: German Tank Problem: Slides, Video: https://youtu.be/RjAX_nzOA10 (papers: not starting at 1, and also higher dimensions)
- Class 24: 4/14: Presentation on Chess Rankings: https://youtu.be/V5AnFgx0rz4
- Class 23: 4/12: Presentation on Basketball Steals: https://youtu.be/m2fMUc0nVpM
- Class 22: 4/10: Presentation on Hockey Statistics: https://youtu.be/2SZ5GNTrJF8
- Class 21: 4/7: Presentation on the Great Shootout: https://youtu.be/p6IOULH9w2s
- Class 20: 4/5: Presentation by Dick Quinn
- Class 19: 4/3: Papers, Two Outfielder shift…. https://youtu.be/gq_rUfYiSsI
- Class 18: 3/17: Discussion of Backgammon and Upsets: https://youtu.be/clcZFy3SNBE
- Class 17: 3/15: HW: Hand in your Backgammon Doubling Analysis: Random walk problem, Basketball problem, Analogue of Backgammon Doubling Analysis: https://youtu.be/UkTrEvBeIPo
- Class 16: 3/13: Guest Speaker
- Class 15: 3/10: NCAA Brackets: https://youtu.be/HCFA0yC5Res
- Class 14: 3/8: Coding Backgammon, Random Walks: https://youtu.be/00to2-PsHa0 Notebook: BackgammonDoublingAnalysis3 PDF of Notebook: BackgammonDoublingAnalysis3
- Class 13: 3/6: At least 7 in a suit, Darth Vader Problem, Double Sixes game: https://youtu.be/lqH9_Qpu2VM Math344Sp23MathematicaNotebook Math344Sp23MathematicaNotebook
- Class 12: 3/3: Marriage/Secretary Problem: https://youtu.be/f0NwSmtuRlc
- Class 11: 3/1: Backgammon: Doubling I: https://youtu.be/1-whvEQxaO4
- Class 10: Fourth Down, Constrained Optimization, Fixed Sum and Maximize Product: https://youtu.be/deWwJzqK1EQ
- Class 09: Triple vs HR, Equal AVE, OBP, SLG equally valuable? https://youtu.be/FwaqGavXMDI
- Class 08: ValueSingleVsDoubleVsTripleVsHR: https://youtu.be/pPzUc28zz6E
- Class 07: Pythagorean Won-Loss Formula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyoyUV2JWQ slides here: https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/341Fa21/talks/PythagWLTalk_WilliamsRecruit2018.pdf
- Class 06: Limits in Markov Processes, Run Expectancy Matrix Inversion: https://youtu.be/46yCrsD1nBM
- Class 05: Linear Algebra, Transition Matrices: https://youtu.be/Iah5_f4QoQc
- Class 04: Geometric Series Formula from hoops, GOAT vs BOAT: https://youtu.be/aaPCnWG0zOg
- Class 03: Statistics: https://youtu.be/IZbxq8Grgkw
- Class 02: What is a good statistic? https://youtu.be/OSbcaW8WA-4
- Class 01: Introduction: https://youtu.be/eO6BxVDEOhQ