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Working Papers

Learning Risk Preferences in Markov Decision Processes: An Application to the Fourth Down Decision in Football
Nathan Sandholtz, Lucas Wu, Martin Puterman, and Timothy Chan
Submitted
[talk] [arxiv] [code]

Uncertainty Quantification in Inverse Optimization
**Timothy C. Y. Chan, Nathan Sandholtz, and Nasrin Yousefi
In preparation

Learning Noise-informed Optimal Serving Strategies in Tennis
Nathan Sandholtz, Gilbert Fellingham, Stephanie Kovalchik, Ron Hager, and Peter Tea
In preparation

Refereed Publications

Moneyball for Murderball: Using Analytics to Construct Lineups in Wheelchair Rugby
**Timothy C. Y. Chan, Craig Fernandes, Albert Loa, Nathan Sandholtz
INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
[Case] [Case article]

Miss It Like Messi: Extracting Value from Off-Target Shots in Soccer
Ethan Baron, Nathan Sandholtz, Devin Pleuler, and Timothy Chan
Accepted - Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2023
[talk] [arxiv] [code]

Inverse Bayesian Optimization: Learning Human Acquisition Functions in an Exploration vs Exploitation Search Task
Nathan Sandholtz, Yohsuke Miyamoto, Luke Bornn, and Maurice Smith
Bayesian Analysis, 2023
[BA] [arxiv] [code]

Measuring Spatial Allocative Efficiency
Nathan Sandholtz, Jacob Mortensen, and Luke Bornn
Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2020
[JQAS] [arxiv] [code] [talk]

Markov Decision Processes with Dynamic Transition Probabilities: An Analysis of Shooting Strategies In Basketball
Nathan Sandholtz and Luke Bornn
Annals of Applied Statistics, 2020
[AoAS] [arxiv] [code] [talk]

Other Publications

How to Get Away with Murderball - An End-to-End Analytics Case Study to Construct Lineups in Wheelchair Rugby
Albert Loa, Craig Fernandes, Nathan Sandholtz, and Timothy C. Y. Chan
OR/MS Today, Forthcoming
[OR/MS Today] 

Chuckers: Measuring Lineup Shot Distribution Optimality Using Spatial Allocative Efficiency Models

Nathan Sandholtz, Jacob Mortensen, and Luke Bornn

Proceedings of the 13th MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, 2019

[pdf] [code]

Replaying the NBA

Nathan Sandholtz and Luke Bornn

Proceedings of the 12th MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, 2018

[pdf] [code]

Hate crime victimization, 2003-2011

Nathan Sandholtz, Lynn Langton, and Mike Planty

US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2013

[pdf] 

** Authors are listed alphabetically.  

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