UB researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 13:28
in Mathematics & Economics
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential music corruption and to better target more traditional and much more costly hands-on evidence-gathering. Link: http://www.buffalo.edu