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Optimal strategy for ‘Guess Who?’?

As I was growing up, one of my favourite games was Guess Who?. This two player game was originally created by Theora Design but is now owned by Hasbro.  Each player is allocated one of 24 possible characters from the table of names below. The players then take turns to ask yes/no questions to guess … Read more

Functional Data: Making height prediction less of a tall order

As part of the second term of STOR-i MRes programme we receive talks on a variety of potential research topics. One such talk, by Dr Juhyun Park from ¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø, discussed the use of functional data. In this blog, I will explore one of the examples used in her presentation. At 193cm I am the … Read more