"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
I’ve been reviewing some papers and math regarding the use of the Kelly Criterion in gambling, and found this link to Ed Thorp’s paper on the subject. It’s in PDF format, but looks very interesting.
[tags]Gambling,Mathematics,Information Theory[/tags]
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