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A measure of competitiveness in leagues: a network approach

Jessop, A.

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A. Jessop



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.

Citation

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
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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