Playing Moneyball: Creating an efficient NBA team with linear programming

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For any sports fan who is an analytics enthusiast, Moneyball, the 2011 American sports drama directed by Bennett Miller, is a must-see film. According to the description in IMDB, here we can see the story of “Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players”. Even without a job …

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