Insights on the Hierarchy of Letters in Scrabble Using Cosine Similarity, Minimum Spanning Tree, and Centrality Analysis

• Main Authors: Tolentino, Mark Anthony C, Lee, Vince Andrew L, Lorenzo, Axirazel D, Ramos, Tristan Emmanuel A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Applied Mathematics; Mathematics; Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/248; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0192067
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study aims to generate insights on the hierarchy and importance of letters in the game Scrabble by employing two operational research frameworks. Both frameworks begin by using a vector space model whose basis vectors are all the valid Scrabble words and where each letter is treated as a vector...