Forecasting the winner of a tennis match

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-267

  Klaassen, Franc J G M ^a   Magnus, Jan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Logit; Panel data; Tennis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FORECAST ERROR;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037449240     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00682-3     Document Type: Article

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