A network analysis of the 2010 FIFA world cup champion team play

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-42

  Cotta, Carlos ^a   Mora, Antonio M ^b   Merelo, Juan Julián ^b   Merelo Molina, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex network; complex systems; FIFA World Cup; football; La Roja; network analysis; soccer; Spanish team; sports

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SPORTS;

CLUSTERING COEFFICIENT; FIFA WORLD CUP 2010; NETWORK MEASURES; SPANISH TEAM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORLD CUP;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 84874030728     PISSN: 10096124     EISSN: 15597067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-013-2291-2     Document Type: Article

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