For years, predictions about who would lift the World Cup were dominated by “magical” methods such as tea leaves, seers, or even animals turned into celebrities, such as the remembered Octopus Paul.Today, however, data science and artificial intelligence offer much more sophisticated tools to anticipate the outcome of the tournament. An international team of statisticians led by Achim Zeileis, professor of Statistics at the University of Innsbru…
For years, predictions about who would lift the World Cup were dominated by “magical” methods such as tea leaves, seers, or even animals turned into celebrities, such as the remembered Octopus Paul.Today, however, data science and artificial intelligence offer much more sophisticated tools to anticipate the outcome of the tournament. An international team of statisticians led by Achim Zeileis, professor of Statistics at the University of Innsbru…