Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceSimulating the Card Game ‘War’A coding story about a simple game with an infinite twist·6 min read·Jan 24, 2023--1--1
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceA Data-Driven Tactics Simulation for MonopolyA visual guide on dominating your next Monopoly game using thousands of MATLAB simulations.·7 min read·Jan 9, 2023----
Jake MitchellinCodeXSimulating the Card Game “BS” to Find the Optimal SetupI used MATLAB to simulate the card game “BS” over 1,000 times — here's what I found:·11 min read·Jan 3, 2023----
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceI Used Queuing Theory to Simulate Disney’s New Virtual Line SystemA minute-by-minute population simulation comparing the new virtual queues to the classic fastpass system·10 min read·Apr 7, 2022--1--1
Jake MitchellinTop Level SportsThe 256-Team MEGA March Madness Bracket SimulationSimulating every possession of a 256-team March Madness tournament using offensive statistics and MATLAB.·5 min read·Mar 10, 2022----
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceSimulating the NBA: 2021–22 Season ResultsI used Monte-Carlo methods to simulate all 1,230 games plus the postseason. How many wins will your team get?·5 min read·Oct 1, 2021--1--1
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceSimulating Mancala: What Happens When I Push This Game to its Limits?Using MATLAB, I simulated 100,000 Mancala games to see what would happen. Here are the results:·6 min read·Sep 23, 2021--1--1
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceThe Surprisingly Interesting Mathematics within Chutes and LaddersI wrote a MATLAB program that simulates 100,000 Chutes and Ladders games. Here are the results.·6 min read·Sep 11, 2021--1--1
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceApplying Machine Learning to Tic-Tac-ToeI created a program that learns how to play tic tac toe over a period of simulations·6 min read·Sep 4, 2021----
Jake MitchellinTowards Data ScienceSimulating Monopoly: Finding the Best Properties Using MATLABI simulated 10 million Monopoly turns using MATLAB to find the best properties·7 min read·Aug 28, 2021--6--6