{"59951":{"#nid":"59951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE professors make their NCAA picks (as featured in the AJC)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ERatings system has favored 22 of past 28 Final Four teams\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E * March 12, 2007\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe work of three ISyE professors was featured in the \u003Cem\u003EAJC\u003C\/em\u003E for creating a system to rate tournament teams. The system, called \u003Cem\u003EA Logistic Regression\/Markov Chain Model for NCAA Basketball\u003C\/em\u003E, \u0022predicted tournament games more accurately than the selection committee\u0027s seedings, the RPI, the Associate Press, and ESPN\/USA Today polls and the Massey and Sagarin ratings.\u0022  And it\u0027s free for the download.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/content\/sports\/finalfour\/stories\/2007\/03\/12\/0312ratings.html\u0022\u003ERead full article here\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}