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Better Prevent than Tackle: Valuing Defense in Soccer Based on Graph Neural Networks

Can a Stadium Full of Monkeys Playing Strat-o-Matic Outmanage Earl Weaver? An empirical Bayesian Estimator of Manager Value

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for NBA Player Valuation: A Temporal Difference Approach with Shapley Attribution

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Going for Gold: Using Neuromuscular Skeletal Machine Learning Simulations to Predict Lower Extremity Performance in Track and Field Athletics

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Interpretable Prediction and Large-Scale Analysis of Judging in Professional Boxing

Modern Playoff Tournament-Design Analysis across Sports: A Bayesian Modeling and Advanced Simulation Study

Scouting Anyone: Probabilistic Player Archetypes for Any League

Tackling Causality: Estimating Frame-Level Defensive Impact with Multi-Agent Transformers

The Pitcher's Dilemma: A Game-Theoretical Model of Pickoffs and Stolen Bases

Valuing La Pausa: Quantifying Optimal Pass Timing Beyond Speed

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The Pitcher's Dilemma: A Game-Theoretical Model of Pickoffs and Stolen Bases

William Melville

Robert Greathouse

Tristan Mott

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David Grimsman

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Scouting Anyone: Probabilistic Player Archetypes for Any League

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Thierry Aymerich

Marlin Myrte

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Modern Playoff Tournament-Design Analysis across Sports: A Bayesian Modeling and Advanced Simulation Study

Hassan Rafique

Shane Sanders

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HoopEval: Individual Player Action Evaluation via Deep Reinforcement Learning

Xing Wang

Yu Fu

Sheng Xu

Konstantinos Pelechrinis

Mingxin Zhang

Miguel Ángel Gómez Ruano

Guiliang Liu

Shaoliang Zhang

Xing Wang

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Going for Gold: Using Neuromuscular Skeletal Machine Learning Simulations to Predict Lower Extremity Performance in Track and Field Athletics

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Dan Griffiths

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Fast Hybrid Search for Red-Zone Play Recommendations

Asad Khan

Arpan Bhattacharya

Asad Khan

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Better Prevent than Tackle: Valuing Defense in Soccer Based on Graph Neural Networks

Hyunsung Kim

Sangwoo Seo

Hoyoung Choi

Tom Boomstra

Jinsung Yoon

Chanyoung Park

Hyunsung Kim

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Wide Open Gazes: Quantifying Visual Exploratory Behavior in Soccer with Pose Enhanced Positional Data

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Joris Bekkers

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Valuing La Pausa: Quantifying Optimal Pass Timing Beyond Speed

Minho Lee

Geonhee Jo

Miru Hong

Prof. Dr. Pascal Bauer

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Tackling Causality: Estimating Frame-Level Defensive Impact with Multi-Agent Transformers

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Ben Jenkins

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Interpretable Prediction and Large-Scale Analysis of Judging in Professional Boxing

Mason duBoef

Thomas Romeas

Mathieu Charbonneau

Allan Svejstrup

Mason duBoef

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for NBA Player Valuation: A Temporal Difference Approach with Shapley Attribution

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Ben Jenkins

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Characterizing and Controlling the Perceived Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues

Pedro Vaz-de-Melo

Estéfano Vassoler

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Can a Stadium Full of Monkeys Playing Strat-o-Matic Outmanage Earl Weaver? An empirical Bayesian Estimator of Manager Value

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Dan M. Kahan

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