Predicting football results using Bayesian nets and other machine learning techniques

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 544-553

  Joseph, A ^a   Fenton, N E ^a   Neil, M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian nets; Football; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETS; DECISION TREE; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT;

DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 33749652616     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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