Re: Fantasy Baseball Lineup Optimization

2013-09-15 Thread Angel Java Lopez
I don't know how to play baseball, what a lineup is, etc... But first idea to explore: genetic algorithm On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Matthew Rocklin mrock...@gmail.comwrote: Perhaps a bit intense but this problem might lend itself to mixed integer linear programming. MILP is a very

Re: Fantasy Baseball Lineup Optimization

2013-09-15 Thread Mikera
You might want to take a look at this library announcement (CloCoP): I think it may be just what you need: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/krPr6xb5rGQ/discussion On Friday, 13 September 2013 22:52:04 UTC+8, Mark Watson wrote: Hi, newish user here. I want to make an app that finds

Re: Fantasy Baseball Lineup Optimization

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew Rocklin
Perhaps a bit intense but this problem might lend itself to mixed integer linear programming. MILP is a very broad formulation of optimization problems. Optimal solution of MILP problems is NP-Hard but very mature software solutions exist. I don't know what's out there in Clojure land for

Fantasy Baseball Lineup Optimization

2013-09-13 Thread Mark Watson
Hi, newish user here. I want to make an app that finds a simple, optimized, fantasy baseball lineup. Each player has a cost associated with them, as well as the average points per game they score, and position. For example: Mike Napoli, 4600, 2.9, 1B You have to choose one of each position: