Persistence in sequences of football match results: A Monte Carlo analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-256

  Dobson, Stephen ^a   Goddard, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Football match results; Monte Carlo analysis; Persistence; Simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

HETEROGENEOUS TEAMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037449236     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00681-1     Document Type: Article

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