Performance evaluation of National Football League teams

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-70

  Hadley, Lawrence ^a   Poitras, Marc ^a   Ruggiero, John ^a   Knowles, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 14544269774     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1468(200003)21:2<63::AID-MDE964>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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