Sports analytics : analysis, visualisation and decision making in sports performance / Ambikesh Jayal, Allistair McRobert, Giles Oatley and Peter O'Donoghue.

By:

Jayal, Ambikesh [author.]

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Publisher: London ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Edition: First EditionDescription: xvi, 255 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780415789424 (hbk)
9780415789431 (pbk)

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DDC classification:

796.021 .J42 2018

LOC classification:

GV741 .J38 2018

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: Interactive visualisation Simulation and modelling Geospatial data analysis Spatiotemporal analysis Machine learning Genomic data analysis Social network analysis 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." -- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print Materials	Main Library Senior High School	796.021 .J42 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0122444

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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:

Interactive visualisation

Simulation and modelling

Geospatial data analysis

Spatiotemporal analysis

Machine learning

Genomic data analysis

Social network analysis

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." -- Provided by publisher

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