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Statistical properties of position-dependent ball-passing networks in football games

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  • Narizuka, Takuma
  • Yamamoto, Ken
  • Yamazaki, Yoshihiro

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Statistical properties of position-dependent ball-passing networks in real football games are examined. We find that the networks have the small-world property, and their degree distributions are fitted well by a truncated gamma distribution function. In order to reproduce these properties of networks, a model based on a Markov chain is proposed.

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  • Narizuka, Takuma & Yamamoto, Ken & Yamazaki, Yoshihiro, 2014. "Statistical properties of position-dependent ball-passing networks in football games," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 412(C), pages 157-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:412:y:2014:i:c:p:157-168
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.06.037
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