A comparative analysis of data mining methods in predicting NCAA bowl outcomes

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 543-552

  Delen, Dursun ^a   Cogdell, Douglas ^b   Kasap, Nihat ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Classification; College football; Knowledge discovery; Machine learning; Prediction; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856708562     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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