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I know this is a blog post but it seems weird not to have any academic references, which makes this look like it's new or novel research, which it isn't. Perhap
by ojbyrne 16y ago
I know this is a blog post but it seems weird not to have any academic references, which makes this look like it's new or novel research, which it isn't. Perhaps its just me.
- Nezvanov 16y agoIf it were novel research, the author would have been an idiot to blog it instead of publishing it in some peer-reviewed journal. No one claimed that it was novel. I thought it was interesting, that's why I submitted it to HN.
- ojbyrne 16y agoAs I said, perhaps it was just me. But how hard is a footnote?
- RodCarvalho 16y agoI am the author of the post. Your criticism is valid. There are a number of academic papers on fixed-odds betting. Too many, in fact. Here are some: http://www.ncer.edu.au/papers/documents/WPNo48.pdf http://www.ncer.edu.au/papers/documents/WPNo48.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/2353237 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2353237 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2240227 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2240227 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2554281 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2554281 Unfortunately, betting is far from my research field and I don't have the time to read the relevant literature. Since I don't have the time to read the papers, it would be wrong to cite them. People do that in academia all the time for political reasons, but this is a blog post, and I am not trying to please any academics. As I never claimed that my approach was a novelty, I don't see anything unethical in not citing papers. I didn't read any papers, I just came up with a simple mathematical model that any undergrad who studied linear programming should be able to come up with. Although I do not cite papers, please note that I refer to Minka's cookbook on advanced matrix theory, and Shor's comment on MathOverflow on the feasibility of linear programs.