CONFERENCE ON DECISIONS, SPORTS, AND STATISTICS

December 4, 2004
Social Science Plaza A 2112

(Sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
and the Center for Decision Analysis)

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RANKINGS

9:00-9:40       WILLIAM BATCHELDER, Professor of Cognitive Sciences, UC Irvine
                       "Some Variations on the Elo System for Rating Chess Ability"

9:50-10:30      SCOTT BERRY, Berry Consultants
                       "Rating Professional Golfers"

10:40-10:50     BREAK

10:50-11:30     DON SAARI, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics and Director, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
                        "From Voting to Judging Sports Events"

11:40-1:00       LUNCH

GAME THEORY

1:00-1:40     SCOTT PAGE, Professor, Center for Political Studies; Assoc. Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Univ. of Michigan
                    "General Blotto and Competitive Games"

1:50-2:30     BERNIE GROFMAN, Professor of Political Sciences, UC Irvine
                    "Sequencing Effects in Jai-Alai Games and Seeding Effects in Tennis Tournaments"

2:40-3:20     STERGIOS SKAPERDAS, Professor of Economics, UC Irvine
                    "Modeling Contests"

3:30-3:40     BREAK

RATINGS & BCS

3:40-4:20     HAL STERN, Professor of Statistics, UC Irvine
                   "What is the point of the Bowl Championship Series?"

4:30-5:10     DAVID HARVILLE, Research Staff Member Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences Dept., IBM
                    "Ranking College Football or Basketball Teams: Some Objectives and a Modified Least-Squares Approach"

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