Research Symposium
23rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 6, 2023
Lorenzo Lindquist Poster Session 4: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm/ Poster #282

BIO
My name is Lorenzo Lindquist, and I am a sophomore at FSU double majoring in actuarial science and statistics. I grew up playing soccer and refereeing youth games. During my first two years here I have been learning about the foundations of statistics, and this is a perfect combination for research involving creating statistical models to predict future soccer results. While this project is in its early stages, I have made progress and coded a baseline model with promising results. My career goals include having a job in which I have to work with data and create statistical models for a living.
Simulating Soccer Seasons Using Bivariate Poisson Distributions
Authors: Lorenzo Lindquist, Dr. Mohammad NooranidoostStudent Major: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Mentor: Dr. Mohammad Nooranidoost
Mentor's Department: Department of Mathematics
Mentor's College: University of Central Florida
Co-Presenters:
Abstract
In this research project me and my mentor analyzed ways to simulate future soccer seasons in various leagues by looking at the previous season's data. Using Python 3 code we created bivariate Poisson matrices in order to find the probability of the final result of each match in a season. We then used Monte Carlo Methods to simulate these matches over and over in order to try to predict the final results of each season.
Keywords: Statistics, Poisson, Monte Carlo Method