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MA331
Mathematical Modeling

The Mathematics and Physics of Baseball

Project Schedule

Oral project presentations are to be 12 minutes long with 4 minutes for questions. Presentations will be given Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of 10th week. You are expected to be present at all presentations.
Time Period Tuesday, Feb 12 Thursday, Feb 14 Friday, Feb 15
12:40 - 12:52 Run prediction with Markov
chains and Linear Regression
Bye		 "Close to Home" field advantage
Huster, Barton, Balasundaram, Albert		 Statistical Analysis of Run Distribution
Brosmer, Kissel
12:56-1:08 How the height of the Pitching Mound affects the play of baseball
Whitaker, Shields, Forsyth, Bradley		 MLB Attendance Trends
Wells, McCue		 Sweet spot of a baseball bat
Sullivan, Schwarzmann, Laser, Chaille
1:12-1:24 Fill out Course Evalautions Effect of Wind upon Runs Scored and Home Runs
Self, Freihaut, Beverlin		 Economic models
Young, Stuchel, Birchall, Berglund



The revised project schedule: 

Preliminary proposal       Thursday, January 17       Week 6  
Final Proposal             Tuesday, January 22        Week 7  10%
Interim Report             Thursday, January 31       Week 8  20%
Oral Reports                                         Week 10  35%
Final Written Report       Friday, February 15       Week 10  35%
A list of project ideas is on-line.