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+# BBT
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+BBT is an implementation of a skill-rating system similar to Elo, Glicko or
+TrueSkill. It follows `Algorithm 1` from the paper 
+[A Bayesian Approximation Method for Online Ranking][ABAMOR].
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+[ABAMOR]: http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/papers/volume12/weng11a/weng11a.pdf
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