SIMULATION-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTING FOOTBALL MATCH OUTCOMES CONSIDERING EXPERTS' OPINIONS: THE 2010 AND 2014 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP CASES
ABSTRACT In this paper we propose a simulation-based method for predicting the 2010 and 2014Football World Cup. Adopting a bayesian perspective, we modeled the number of goals of two opposing teams as a Poisson distribution whose mean is proportional to the relative technical level of opponents. FIF...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Pesquisa Operacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-74382015000300577&lng=en&tlng=en |