Rankings

Developing a Generalized Elo Rating System for Multiplayer Games Sep 26, 2021 | 13 min read

And using it to prove that I’m a terrible poker player

Elo is a rating system for two-player games, such as chess. I developed a Python implementation of a generalized Elo system that works for multiplayer games. Then I built a web app to track the Elo ratings of my friend group’s poker games. At the risk of personal embarrassment, I’m publishing the results.

The Lazy Data Scientist's Fantasy Football Rankings Sep 3, 2019 | 5 min read

Blending fantasy football expert rankings with rank aggregation methods

Exploring how rank aggregation methods can be applied to fantasy football. Sometimes the consensus is more accurate than the predictions from any individual expert.