Sports analytics : analysis, visualisation and decision making in sports performance / Ambikesh Jayal, Allistair McRobert, Giles Oatley and Peter O'Donoghue.
| Author/creator | Jayal, Ambikesh author. |
| Other author | McRobert, Allistair, author. |
| Other author | Oatley, Giles, author. |
| Other author | O'Donoghue, Peter, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in sports performance analysis Routledge studies in sports performance analysis. ^A1354945 |
| Contents | What is analytics? -- Complex data and the "Data Age" -- Interactive visualisation -- Simulation and modelling -- Geospatial data analysis -- Spatio-temporal analysis -- Machine learning and sport -- Genomics in sports -- Social network analysis -- Knowledge discovery in databases and data mining -- Data management and infrastructure -- Sports analytics applications in soccer. |
| Summary | As the analysis of big datasets in sports performance becomes a more entrenched part of the sporting landscape, so the value of sport scientists and analysts with formal training in data analytics grows. Sports Analytics: Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance provides the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the use of analytics in sport and its application in sports performance, coaching, talent identification and sports medicine available.Employing an approach-based structure and integrating problem-based learning throughout the text, the book clearly defines the difference between analytics and analysis and goes on to explain and illustrate methods including:Genomic data analysis; Geospatial data analysis; Interactive visualisation; Machine learning; Offering a mixed-methods case study chapter, no other book offers the same level of scientific grounding or practical application in sports data analytics. Sports Analytics is essential reading for all students of sports analytics, and useful supplementary reading for students and professionals in talent identification and development, sports performance analysis, sports medicine and applied computer science.Simulation and modelling; Social network analysisSpatiotemporal analysis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Jayal, Ambikesh. Sports analytics. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9780415789424 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781351838962 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1351838962 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781315222783 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1315222787 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781351838955 |
| ISBN | 1351838954 |
| ISBN | 9781351838948 |
| ISBN | 1351838946 |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781315222783 |
| Stock number | 9781351838955 Ingram Content Group |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |