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Published inSep 2015
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Eric Mayor
Eric Mayor
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Eric Mayor

Eric Mayor is a senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. He is an enthusiastic user of open source and proprietary predictive analytics software packages, such as R, Rapidminer, and Weka. He analyzes data on a daily basis and is keen to share his knowledge in a simple way.
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The roulette case


Roulette is a betting game which rewards the player's correct prediction of its outcome. The game consists of a ball spinning around a wheel which rotates in the opposite direction. The wheel features 37 numbered pockets. Each of the number has a color (18 are red, 18 are black and one, the zero, is green). The aim of the game is to bet on one or several outcomes regarding the pocket on which the ball lands. Numbers can range from 0 to 36, and several types of bets are available such as the color of the number, it being even or odd, and several other characteristics related to the number or the position on the wheel (as marked on the betting grid). The image below is a representation of an European roulette wheel. The ball is represented by the tiny white circle. In this example it landed on the pocket corresponding to the number 3.

A representation of a roulette wheel

Numbers are ordered on the wheel in such a way that the position of a number on the wheel is as unrelated...

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Published in: Sep 2015Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781782169352

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Eric Mayor

Eric Mayor is a senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. He is an enthusiastic user of open source and proprietary predictive analytics software packages, such as R, Rapidminer, and Weka. He analyzes data on a daily basis and is keen to share his knowledge in a simple way.
Read more about Eric Mayor