Good EVENING,

I would like some help creating a simulation for sports. Suppose I have Team A vs. Team B, how could I determine what would happen. Similiar to that of a Madden game, but less detailed, of course. I am tired of doing it manually and was wondering where would be a good place to start? A direction? Anything! Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance...For example:

Team A stat: =A21+(Ab21(average of bb10-bb21)-Bb21(average ac10-ac21)+(Ac21-bc21)=

I need a quicker way to interpret data ... wanted to do it VIA simulation.I have deleted your two other identical THREADS and left this one in the most appropriate topic.

Only one posting is needed. Thanks.Not entirely sure what you want to do. How far do you want random chance to be a factor?Thanks Neil, great question. I would like randomness to be limitied overall. Obviously, there will be some within ... but, my numbers will remain very strict. I am open for ideas and suggestions. Most importantly, I would like a good place to start. I am savvy with computers, numbers, and language.

Thank you in advance!Are you trying to predict the results of games? You'd need to collect a LOT of statistical data. The simplist method to find out if Team A would beat Team B is to see how many games against each other they have won before hand, and use that to work out a relative strength between them, and so determine the chance of winning.Yes. I am trying to predict the scores of game. I already do so now, about 65% accurate. However, it is way too time-consuming. I spend, literally, at least one hour on each game breaking down statistics. I know that if I could get the computer to do the work for me, I would save myself 20 hours a week! You see ... If it took me 100 hours to learn how to program it with my computer, it would take me only 5 weeks to become beneficial for me. 20 hours per week * 5 weeks= 100 hours. 100 hours of programming=me being a happy man with more time on my hands to break down psychological, and trend analysis.

"The simplist method to find out if Team A would beat Team B is to see how many games against each other they have won before hand, and use that to work out a relative strength between them, and so determine the chance of winning."

I do this now, this is one of many steps to handicapping. I want to break them down into so many tiny pieces, and then build them back up into a big picture, like a puzzle.I don't have any experiance in this kind of thing.. that is predicting sports! If you could explain in English some of the steps you take in order to predict the outcome of a game, I might be able to offer you more specific help. Also how much programming experiance do you have, and in what language do you wish to write this program?