Power law distributions in pattern dynamics of attacker-defender dyads in the team sport of rugby union: Phenomena in a region of self-organized criticality?

E:CO Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Passos, Pedro ^a   Araújo, Duarte ^b   Davids, Keith ^c   Milho, João ^a   Gouveia, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 70349808971     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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