Packages

• py_ball: Python API wrapper for stats.nba.com with a focus on NBA and WNBA applications. Learn more here and find some tutorials leveraging the package on my GitHub profile.

Papers

• P. McFarlane. “Evaluating NBA end-of-game decision-making,” Journal of Sports Analytics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 17-22, 2019 (read)
• P. McFarlane and H. Balakrishnan. “Optimal Control of Airport Pushbacks in the Presence of Uncertainties,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, July 2016 (read)
• P. McFarlane, J. Suire, M. Sen, and F. Semperlotti. “Experiments with a pressure-driven Stirling refrigerator with flexible chambers,” Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (24), 244510, 2014 (read)
• P.McFarlane, F.Semperlotti, and M. Sen. “Mathematical model of an air-filled alpha Stirling refrigerator,” Journal of Applied Physics, 114 (14), 144508, 2013