Random walker ranking for NCAA division I-A football

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 761-777

  Callaghan, Thomas ^a   Mucha, Peter J ^b   Porter, Mason A ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36649025487     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029890.2007.11920469     Document Type: Article

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