This paper is published in Volume-10, Issue-5, 2024
Area
Machine Learning
Author
Qaid Sajjad Bandukwala, Siddharth Kannan
Org/Univ
PPSIJC, Mumbai, India
Pub. Date
09 October, 2024
Paper ID
V10I5-1253
Publisher
Keywords
Machine Learning, Feature Engineering, Entropy, Gini Index, Random Forests, Class Imbalance

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Qaid Sajjad Bandukwala, Siddharth Kannan. A Mathematical Slam Dunk: Eliminating Bias using Advanced Statistical Techniques to Predict the NBA MVP, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Qaid Sajjad Bandukwala, Siddharth Kannan (2024). A Mathematical Slam Dunk: Eliminating Bias using Advanced Statistical Techniques to Predict the NBA MVP. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 10(5) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Qaid Sajjad Bandukwala, Siddharth Kannan. "A Mathematical Slam Dunk: Eliminating Bias using Advanced Statistical Techniques to Predict the NBA MVP." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 10.5 (2024). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Predicting the Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards in the NBA is a complex task that involves analysing player statistics and performance metrics. For the history of the tournament, MVP selection has been based on subjective opinions and votes from sports analysts, and votes from the players themselves. However, using mathematical concepts in machine learning techniques, it is now possible to make more objective and data-driven predictions. In this study, we use mathematical concepts from the field of machine learning: Random Forest [1] and SMOTE [2] (Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique), to predict MVP award shares.