An In-depth Inspection of Online Fantasy Games
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چکیده
The purpose of this paper is to give a description of a leisure time activity, in this case, an on-line fantasy baseball game, in terms of mathematical and game theory. Since the basis of computer science is mathematical theory, by thoroughly inspecting an Internet-based “fantasy” game, we can show the importance and advantages of using probability and statistical analysis as the foremost technique of winning (or “resolving”) this
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