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R. Chetrite, R. Diel, and M. Lerasle, researchers at LJAD laboratory in Nice (France), just published "The Number of Potential Winners in Bradley-Terry Model in Random Environment" in Annals of Applied Probability.
CNRS News explains how the mathematicians dealt with probabilities to help explain—and predict—why weaker teams sometimes come out on top.