CategoryMachine Learning

Predicting the Winner of Survivor David vs Goliath

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I’m super late to the party this year, but I finally have some Survivor Season 37 rankings up! Below are rankings from Week 1 through Week 12 based on a machine learning approach I started back in Season 35. If this is your first time here, you can read all about the details of the project here. The quick and dirty version is that we use volunteers to collect data about player behaviors on...

Predicting the Winner of Survivor Ghost Island

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It’s time for another season of Survivor and that means I’ll be back each week to discuss what machine learning has to stay about the potential winner of the season. If this is your first time here, you can read all about the details of the project here. The quick and dirty version is that we use volunteers to collect data about player behaviors on an episode by episode basis, then...

Predicting the Winner of Survivor Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

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In my last post, I discussed a large Survivor-related project that I’m involved in where we have volunteers code episodes of Survivor by the observed behaviors that player’s exhibit. You can read all about that project here. One of the potential applications of this crowdsourced data is using machine learning models to predict winners. All the nitty gritty details are in my original...

Crowdsourcing a Behavioral Model for Survivor

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A little over a year ago, I was contacted by Angie Caunce about participating in a data project related to Survivor. If you are a fan of RHAP, you’ll likely know who Angie is. She is the creator of The System, or the Angie Caunce Character Types, which I have written about before. I also built a website for this system CaunceTypes where you can explore every player of Survivor based on her...

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