I've never attended a Michigan baseball game before. I have a cousin who plays for MSU so I'd like to go this Friday and catch the game if possible. Will I be able to walk up and buy tickets for ~3-4 people at the gate? Or will I need to plan on buying them in advance?
I took a Math class at UofM a couple of years back (Math 462) on the topic of mathmatical modeling. For my final project of the semester I took a stab at making my own ranking system along the same vein, and looked back at some historical seasons to see how my model would have set the national championship game compared to how it actually played out.
Seeing this post reminded of my old project, so I pulled it up and looked at what my model gave for the 2003 season, it's interesting in the fact that it is in no way close to your rankings at all.
1.Oklahoma
2.Michigan
3.Louisiana State
4.Georgia
5.Kansas State
6.Florida State
7.Southern California
8.Texas
9.Ohio State
10.Iowa
11.Miami (Fla.)
12.Nebraska
13.Florida
14.Mississippi
15.California
The model I used is a weighted "network based" model with it's roots outlined in the paper here http://vw.indiana.edu/netsci06/conference/Park_Network-based.pdf. However I added some additional weighting parameters such as margin of victory and home field advantage, and tweaked them around until I got tired of playing with it.
Basically, I wanted to post to let you know that if you want to get an A in a Math class that counts for a Masters of Engineering degree, you may want to enroll/submit the work you've done.
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I've never attended a Michigan baseball game before. I have a cousin who plays for MSU so I'd like to go this Friday and catch the game if possible. Will I be able to walk up and buy tickets for ~3-4 people at the gate? Or will I need to plan on buying them in advance?
Thanks for the insight!
I took a Math class at UofM a couple of years back (Math 462) on the topic of mathmatical modeling. For my final project of the semester I took a stab at making my own ranking system along the same vein, and looked back at some historical seasons to see how my model would have set the national championship game compared to how it actually played out.
Seeing this post reminded of my old project, so I pulled it up and looked at what my model gave for the 2003 season, it's interesting in the fact that it is in no way close to your rankings at all.