Category: Ranking

Ranking

nfelo: a power ranking, prediction, and betting model for the NFL

nfelo is a power ranking, prediction, and betting model for the NFL. Nfelo take’s 538’s Elo framework and further adapts it for the NFL, hence the name nfelo (pronounced “NFL oh”). The model’s output is visualized on nfeloapp.com where you can explore: Repository Description This repository contains all the code necessary to translate raw data into weekly predictions. This process has three main phases: Pull and scrape data from nflfastR, PFF, and various Vegas Line sites Compile data into a […]

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Algorithm, Intermediate, NLP, Python, Ranking, Technique, Text, Unstructured Data, Unsupervised Leave a comment

An Introduction to Text Summarization using the TextRank Algorithm (with Python implementation)

Introduction Text Summarization is one of those applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) which is bound to have a huge impact on our lives. With growing digital media and ever growing publishing – who has the time to go through entire articles / documents / books to decide whether they are useful or not? Thankfully – this technology is already here. Have you come across the mobile app inshorts? It’s an innovative news app that converts news articles into a […]

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Advanced, NLP, Project, Python, Ranking, Technique, Text, Unstructured Data, Word Embeddings Leave a comment

Information Retrieval using word2vec based Vector Space Model

Overview Learn about Information Retrieval (IR), Vector Space Models (VSM), and Mean Average Precision (MAP) Create a project on Information Retrieval using word2vec based Vector Space Model   Introduction “Google it!”- Isn’t it something we say every day? Whenever we come across something that we don’t know about, we “Google it.” Google Search is a great tool that can be used for even finding a needle from a haystack. This generation absolutely relies on Google for answers to all kinds […]

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