Simulating league tables

[RET79]

hi there.

I am trying to construct a simulation to see the distribution of odds associated with predicting the top6 in a league of 20 or so teams.

I suspect this would involve some monte carlo type simulation, but with the additional burden of sampling without replacing. I wonder if anyone out there has done something like this.

RET79

[Jay Petrulis]

Hi,

http://www.webace.com.au/~balson/InsaneExcel/Pretty.htm

the last file has something which may be of use.

Also, here is a bit of a primer on Monte Carlo simulation and Excel.

http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/9245/

Another link:

http://www.tushar-mehta.com/

choose the SIMULATE option


Your task will take a long time to set up and use properly, I believe. @Risk and Crystal Ball have add-ins for purchase for this.

http://www.decisioneering.com for Crystal Ball
http://www.palisade.com for @Risk (I think).

HTH,
Jay

[RET79]

Jay, that's awesome!

And isn't that horse thing cool!

All the best,

RET79

[Jay Petrulis]

On 2002-04-15 20:46, RET79 wrote:
Jay, that's awesome!

And isn't that horse thing cool!

All the best,

RET79

I agree!! That horse race is possibly the coolest thing I've seen anyone do with Excel.

Dermot is amazing.

Bye,
Jay