Researchers dive into big data to predict NBA winners

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 08:50 in Mathematics & Economics

Before you place any bets on the next NBA playoff games, take a look at UC Merced professor Harish Bhat’s Twitter account. He’s tweeting daily predictions based on an innovative new algorithm, and so far this postseason, he’s right about 80 percent of the time. In about 10 minutes a day, Bhat and two of his students […]

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