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by boogiecuz 4183 days ago
What about a way to come up with the best lineup in Fanduel (daily fantasy sports game)? It is also a Knapsack problem. To give you a little background, each night you get to build a fantasy team (2 PGs, 2 SGs, 2 SFs 2 PFs, 1 C) within a salary cap. Each player is given a salary for the night and they are given points based on their stats like getting rebounds or assists. To determine what players should perform the best on a certain night, you can use a homebrewed algorithm or get a projection from sites online that project points.
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To clarify, do you mean something like this: http://www.rotowire.com/daily/nba/optimizer.htm