10/11/2013

Baseball Postseason Predictions

5:50 minutes

Many baseball fans have a love affair with two things: their favorite team and statistics. Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematical sciences, shares his predictions and mathematical models for this year’s Major League Baseball playoff standings.

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Bruce Bukiet

Bruce Bukiet is an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey.

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