An evaluation of characteristics of teams in association football by using a Markov process model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-602

  Hirotsu, Nobuyoshi ^a   Wright, Mike ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Football; Markov process; Maximum likelihood method; Poisson model; Soccer; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346957018     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0039-0526.2003.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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