A. Jessop
A measure of competitiveness in leagues: a network approach
Jessop, A.
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Abstract
Many sports are played competitively in a league format. Final positions are based on the aggregations of the points won at each game. Issues of promotion, relegation and much else will depend on the position in the league. However, the results may also be seen to constitute a network of inter-team relations in which the links represent the degree to which a pair of teams have similar performance. This idea is taken as the basis for the construction of a systemic measure of competitiveness in the league. The basis for the model is the construction of a blockmodel on a network of binary relations. The method is illustrated by application to nine seasons of the English soccer Premier League.
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Jessop, A. (2006). A measure of competitiveness in leagues: a network approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 57(12), 1425-1434. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602122
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Dec 1, 2006 |
Deposit Date | Aug 29, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 29, 2008 |
Journal | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Print ISSN | 0160-5682 |
Electronic ISSN | 1476-9360 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 1425-1434 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602122 |
Keywords | Sports, Cluster analysis, Mathematical programming, Networks, Graphs. |
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of the operational research society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Jessop, A. (2006) 'A measure of competitiveness in leagues : a network approach.' , Journal of the operational research society., 57 (12), pp. 1425-1434 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602122
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