Thursday, September 8, 2011

Beyond 'Moneyball':

The first a a three part series I am writing was published in Analytics Magazine.

Beyond ‘Moneyball’:
The rapidly evolving world of sports analytics, Part I

 By Benjamin Alamar and Vijay Mehrotra

Over the past few years, the world of sports has experienced an explosion in the use of analytics. In this three-part series, we reflect on the current state of sports analytics and consider what the future of sports analytics may look like.
We define sports analytics as “the management of structured historical data, the application of predictive analytic models that utilize that data, and the use of information systems to inform decision makers and enable them to help their organizations in gaining a competitive advantage on the field of play.”

(http://www.analytics-magazine.org/special-articles/391-beyond-moneyball-the-rapidly-evolving-world-of-sports-analytics-part-i.html)