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JSM 2002 Abstract #301574
Activity Number: 408
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 15, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education*
Abstract - #301574
Title: The Ultimate Flow
Author(s): Chris Andrews*+
Affiliation(s): Oberlin College
Address: 10 N Professor St, Oberlin, Ohio, 44074,
Keywords: Markov Chain ; Ultimate Frisbee
Abstract:

The sport of ultimate has grown from parking lot fun to international competition in its 35-year existence. As in many sports, the team that scores is subsequently on defense. Thus, the probability that a team will score next is dependent on which team has scored most recently. Unlike in many other sports, teams switch ends after each score. Thus field conditions can dramatically affect the scoring pattern. In this paper, I investigate several models for scoring during an ultimate game.

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