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Technology has had an unquestionable impact on the way people watch sports. Along with this technological evolution has come a higher standard to ensure a good viewing experience for the casual sports fan. It can be argued that the pervasion of statistical analysis in sports serves to satiate the fan's desire for detai…

2011-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes sports commentary to automatically recognize events and extract insights.

problem Automatically recognizing and categorizing major actions in sports events from commentary.
method Used multiple Natural Language Processing techniques for classification and sentiment analysis.
result Identified insights from analyzing live sport commentaries and classifying major actions.

This review explores ML in predicting team sport outcomes, identifying successful strategies and themes.

problem Predicting outcomes in team sports using machine learning.
method Survey of studies from 1996 to 2019, analyzing ML algorithms and their accuracies.
result Identifies common themes and strategies for future research in predicting team sport outcomes.

This paper optimizes sports betting strategies using neural networks and portfolio theory.

problem Optimizing betting strategies in sports gambling.
method Combining neural network models with portfolio optimization, integrating Von Neumann-Morgenstern Expected Utility Theory and the Kelly Criterion.
result Achieved 135.8% relative profit during the English Premier League season.

Flexible model predicts sports outcomes over time.

problem Predicting sports outcomes with varying player/team skill over time.
method Probabilistic model using continuous-time Gaussian processes for dynamic parameters, efficient inference algorithm.
result Model outperforms competing approaches in predictive performance and scalability.

Rugby-Bot predicts multiple metrics from a single source using fine-grain data.

problem Complexity of sporting events requires multiple metrics for accurate analysis.
method Multi-task learning with fine-grain spatial data and wide-and-deep learning.
result Predictions are consistent and can be in distribution form.

The study analyzes games and social hierarchies, incorporating luck and depth of competition.

problem Analyzing patterns of wins and losses in games and social hierarchies.
method Generalized probabilistic models incorporating luck and depth of competition.
result Social competition tends to be deeper with many distinct levels, but there is often a chance of upset victories.

Method learns to predict agent interactions from partial observations.

problem Predicting interactions between multiple agents from incomplete data.
method Graph-Structured Variational Recurrent Neural Network (Graph-VRNN) trained end-to-end.
result Graph-VRNN outperforms baselines on sports datasets.

TrackNet tracks tiny balls in sports videos with high precision.

problem Accurately tracking tiny and fast-moving objects like tennis balls in sports videos.
method Developed a heatmap-based deep learning network, TrackNet, trained on public and additional labeled videos.
result Achieved high precision (99.7%) in ball tracking on public domain videos.

Study proposes new methods to convert betting odds into accurate probabilities for sports forecasting.

problem Convert betting odds to accurate outcome probabilities for sports forecasting and market efficiency analysis.
method Proposes two methods: Odds-Only-Equal-Profitability-Confidence (OO-EPC) and Favourite-Longshot-Bias-Adjusted Generalised Linear Model (FL-GLM).
result Proposed methods outperform existing methods in empirical tests and real-world applications.

Decentralized prediction markets use AMMs to pool and withdraw liquidity, improving financial properties.

problem Creating a fair and efficient decentralized prediction market.
method Developed a liquidity-based AMM structure for prediction markets, studied liquidity management, and proposed trading fees.
result The decentralized AMM structure satisfies financial properties and can be managed with liquidity withdrawal.

Alternative dynamic paired comparison model using Gaussian Processes.

problem Sports prediction and ranking players or teams.
method Dynamic paired comparison model with Gaussian Process priors, incorporating covariates, and efficient Bayesian inference.
result The GP model outperforms Elo and Glicko on log loss, especially with surface covariates.

Bayesian rating system for large competitions improves prediction and efficiency.

problem Rating systems for large, competitive events like online programming contests.
method Developed a Bayesian rating system for many participants, proving robustness and runtime.
result The system outperforms existing systems in accuracy and computation speed.

Study uses complex networks and machine learning to predict soccer match outcomes.

problem Predicting soccer match outcomes with complex networks and machine learning.
method Complex network metrics and match statistics were used to build machine learning models.
result Models based on passing networks were as effective as traditional models using match statistics.

The paper introduces a new method to find meaningful data subsets in multivariate probability density functions.

problem Finding meaningful data subsets in multivariate probability density functions.
method The paper defines an abstract bump construct based on curvature functionals of the probability density and proposes a multivariate implementation of Good and Gaskins' original concave bumps.
result The method provides theoretical results for asymptotic consistency of bump boundaries and confidence regions.

FST.ai 2.0 improves Taekwondo decision-making with AI, reducing review time and increasing trust.

problem Fair, transparent, and explainable decision-making in Taekwondo.
method Pose-based action recognition, epistemic uncertainty modeling, interactive dashboards.
result 85% reduction in decision review time, 93% referee trust in AI-assisted decisions.

Deep neural network predicts event ticket prices considering spatial-temporal data sparsity.

problem Predicting future ticket prices from sparse and spatiotemporal data.
method Bi-level optimizing deep neural network with coarsening and refining layers, bi-level loss function.
result Our model outperforms other methods in real-world ticket price prediction.

We study the relationship between social media output and National Football League (NFL) games, using a dataset containing messages from Twitter and NFL game statistics. Specifically, we consider tweets pertaining to specific teams and games in the NFL season and use them alongside statistical game data to build predic…

2013-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose an original model for inferring team strengths using a Markov Random Field, which can be used to generate historical estimates of the offensive and defensive strengths of a team over time. This model was designed to be applied to sports such as soccer or hockey, in which contest outcomes take value in a limi…

2013-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗