2011/07/14 by Persi Diaconis, Jason Fulman, Susan Holmes · 1 voice · 2 citations
Psychology · Computer Science · #Gambling Behavior and Treatments #Artificial Intelligence in Games #Algorithms and Data Compression
paper · pdf · doi:10.1214/12-aap884
Many casinos routinely use mechanical card shuffling machines. We were asked to evaluate a new product, a shelf shuffler. This leads to new probability, new combinatorics and to some practical advice which was adopted by the manufacturer. The interplay between theory, computing, and real-world application is developed.