Tiwisina J, Külpmann P. Probabilistic Transitivity in Sports. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers. Vol 520. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics; 2014.We seek to find the statistical model that most accurately describes
empirically observed results in sports. The idea of a transitive relation
concerning the team strengths is implemented by imposing a set of constraints
on the outcome probabilities. We theoretically investigate the resulting
optimization problem and draw comparisons to similar problems
from the existing literature including the linear ordering problem and the
isotonic regression problem. Our optimization problem turns out to be
very complicated to solve. We propose a branch and bound algorithm
for an exact solution and for larger sets of teams a heuristic method for
quickly finding a „good“ solution. Finally we apply the described methods
to panel data from soccer, American football and tennis and also use
our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking
schemes

Külpmann, Philipp 

Tiwisina, Johannes

Today's students have grown up with enormous access to digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century. As educators we are left to grapple with what form and shape learning will look like in tertiary settings in the next few decades? The use of M-Learning tools themselves does not guarantee their potential being realised. The key to success is the ability of educators to design and develop pedagogically sound opportunities and environments that enhances learning. This presentation will provide an overview of what is currently happening regarding M-Learning in tertiary institutions and it will look at the conclusions of these initiatives. It will highlight the challenges and issues confronting tertiary educators when planning and catering for the needs, preferences, attitudes and habits of young Generation C mobile technology users and look at the potential applications or uses of M-Learning in the tertiary context. It will present a brief description of M-Learning initiatives currently being trialed at Queensland University of Technology. The paper will conclude with a brief examination of educational policy developments regarding M-Learning around the world and a summary of the changes facing tertiary educational settings

Duncan-Howell, Jennifer A.

Lee, Kar-Tin

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M-Learning – Innovations and Initiatives: Finding a place for mobile technologies within tertiary educational settings

Howell, Jennifer

Lee, K-T

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