The use of machine learning in sport outcome prediction: A review

T Horvat, J Job - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The increase in the volume of structured and unstructured data related to more than just
sport events leads to the development and increased use of techniques that extract …

Modeling player and team performance in basketball

Z Terner, A Franks - Annual Review of Statistics and Its …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In recent years, analytics has started to revolutionize the game of basketball: Quantitative
analyses of the game inform team strategy; management of player health and fitness; and …

Searching for the GOAT of tennis win prediction

SA Kovalchik - Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2016 - degruyter.com
Sports forecasting models–beyond their interest to bettors–are important resources for
sports analysts and coaches. Like the best athletes, the best forecasting models should be …

Big data analytics for modeling scoring probability in basketball: The effect of shooting under high-pressure conditions

P Zuccolotto, M Manisera… - International journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we analyze the shooting performance of basketball players by examining the
factors that may generate high-pressure game situations. Using play-by-play data from the …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting Win-Loss outcomes in MLB regular season games–A comparative study using data mining methods

CS Valero - International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 2016 - sciendo.com
Baseball is a statistically filled sport, and predicting the winner of a particular Major League
Baseball (MLB) game is an interesting and challenging task. Up to now, there is no definitive …

[LLIBRE][B] Basketball data science: With applications in R

P Zuccolotto, M Manisera - 2020 - books.google.com
Using data from one season of NBA games, Basketball Data Science: With Applications in R
is the perfect book for anyone interested in learning and applying data analytics in …

Complex networks for community detection of basketball players

A Chessa, P D'Urso, L De Giovanni, V Vitale… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper a weighted complex network is used to detect communities of basketball
players on the basis of their performances. A sparsification procedure to remove weak …

Modelling the dynamic pattern of surface area in basketball and its effects on team performance

R Metulini, M Manisera, P Zuccolotto - Journal of Quantitative …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Because of the advent of GPS techniques, a wide range of scientific literature on Sport
Science is nowadays devoted to the analysis of players' movement in relation to team …

Marginal contribution of game statistics to probability of winning at different levels of competition in basketball: Evidence from the Euroleague

MU Özmen - International Journal of Sports Science & …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we analyse the marginal contribution of team level game statistics to the
probability of winning a basketball game at various competitive levels considering data from …

A calibration method with dynamic updates for within-match forecasting of wins in tennis

S Kovalchik, M Reid - International Journal of Forecasting, 2019 - Elsevier
In-match predictions of player win probabilities for professional tennis matches have a wide
range of potential applications, including betting, fan engagement, and performance …