Predicting the Cy Young Award Winner

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Title
Predicting the Cy Young Award Winner
Author
Stephen Ockerman
Matthew Nabity
Faculty Sponsor
Matthew Nabity
Abstract
Here we examine the application of a decision model to predicting the winner of the Cy Young Award. We investigate a current model cast as a linear programming problem and explore its ability to correctly predict award winners for recent seasons of professional baseball. We suggest the addition of another baseball statistic which leads to a new model. We explore the success of both models with numerical experiments and discuss the results.
Subject
Applied Mathematics
Numerical Analysis and Computation
linear programming
mathematical model
sabermetrics
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Type
Text
volume
3
Date Published
5/28/2014
Note
Matthew Nabity
Alternative Title
Predicting the Cy Young Award Winner
Identifier
pure/vol3/iss1/9
Language
eng