Calculated bets : computers, gambling, and mathematical modeling to win

✍ Scribed by Steven S Skiena

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 250
Series: Outlooks
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The making of a gambler; 2. What is Jai Alai?; 3. Monte Carlo on the Tundra; 4. The impact of the internet; 5. Is this bum any good?; 6. Modeling the payoffs; 7. Engineering the system; 8. Putting my money where my mouth is; 9. How should you bet?; 10. Projects to ponder; Glossary; For further reading; Index.

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