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Win your fantasy league using operations research

July 15, 2024 · 22 mins · 3963 words I’ve never been good at playing football 1. I started playing again last year and I have scored more own goals than goals for my team.

So when my friends invited me to a football fantasy league some years ago I said “yes, and I’m going to wipe the floor with you, losers!”. The discussion until now has been purely theoretical, but if I want to beat my friends I need data from players (costs, positions, past performance, etc. One key takeaway is that while the algorithm didn’t dominate, it did manage to outperform a significant portion of human players in the larger leagues.

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