Using official ratings to simulate major tennis tournaments

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 585-594

  Clarke, S R ^a   Dyte, D ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Ranking; Simulation; Sports; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012655779     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2000.tb00218.x     Document Type: Article

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