@inproceedings{599b564ded4148e7b1eee6512a775f2b,
title = "Beat the Streak: Prediction of MLB Base Hits Using Machine Learning",
abstract = "As the world of sports expands to never seen levels, so does the necessity for tools that provided material advantages for organizations and stakeholders. The objective of this project is to develop a predictive model capable of predicting the odds a baseball player has to achieve a base hit on a given day. After that, using this information to both have a fair shot at winning the game Beat the Streak and providing valuable insights to the coaching staff. This project builds upon the work developed previously in Alceo and Henriques (2019), adding a full season of data, emphasizing new strategies, and displaying more data visualization content. The results achieved on the new season are aligned with the previous work where the best model, a Multi-layer Perceptron, developed in Python achieved an 81% correct pick ratio.",
keywords = "Baseball, Classification model, Data mining, Machine learning, MLB, Predictive analysis",
author = "Pedro Alceo and Roberto Henriques",
note = "Alceo, P., & Henriques, R. (2020). Beat the Streak: Prediction of MLB Base Hits Using Machine Learning. In A. Fred, A. Fred, A. Salgado, D. Aveiro, J. Dietz, J. Bernardino, & J. Filipe (Eds.), Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management: 11th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2019, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 108-133). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1297). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66196-0_6; 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2019 ; Conference date: 17-09-2019 Through 19-09-2019",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-66196-0_6",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030661953",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "108--133",
editor = "Ana Fred and Ana Fred and Ana Salgado and David Aveiro and Jan Dietz and Jorge Bernardino and Joaquim Filipe",
booktitle = "Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management",
address = "Germany",
}