How to improve a team's position in the FIFA ranking? A simulation study

DOI10.1080/02664763.2015.1100593OpenAlexW1941541131MaRDI QIDQ5138083

Jan Lasek, Zoltán Szlávik, Marek Gagolewski, Sandjai Bhulai

Publication date: 3 December 2020

Published in: Journal of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2015.1100593

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationsoptimal scheduleprediction modelsassociation footballFIFA rankingteam rankings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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