A compound framework for sports results prediction: A football case study

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 551-562

  Min, Byungho ^a   Kim, Jinhyuck ^a   Choe, Chongyoun ^a   Eom, Hyeonsang ^a  

^a Bob) McKay R I   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Football; In game time series approach; Rule based reasoning; Simulation; Sports prediction

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; FOOTBALL; IN-GAME TIME-SERIES APPROACH; RULE-BASED REASONING; SIMULATION; SPORTS PREDICTION;

FORECASTING;

EID: 50949092866     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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