Recently, David Rothschild, a member of the Microsoft research team, worked with the Office team to develop an Excel app that predicts who the Academy Awards will take off in 2013. Eventually, the predictive app guessed 19 out of 24 Oscars After this successful forecast, they again used the app to predict the outcome of next year's big business.
Now, Microsoft officials said in an interview with Rothschild that the app will predict the 2014 NFL World Cup and the World Cup, and their predictions are based on a wealth of data and a detailed algorithm.
According to Rothschild's projections, the Seattle Seahawks will have a 27.7% chance of winning in the 2014 Super Bowl, followed by the Denver Broncos with a 21.3% chance of winning For the 2014 Brazil World Cup, the result of the forecast indicates that Brazil, the home of the team, will be the biggest winner, with a 22.5% chance of winning.
In a prediction of the 2016 US presidential election, the model is biased toward Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who has a 32% chance of becoming the White House to become the first female president in U.S. history.
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