The Massey's method for sport rating: a network science perspective

2017/01/12 by Massimo Franceschet, Enrico Bozzo, Franceschet, Massimo +1
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Graph Neural Networks #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI) #Topological and Geometric Data Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1701.03363

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Abstract

We revisit the Massey's method for rating and ranking in sports and contextualize it as a general centrality measure in network science.

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