Level of opposition constrains offensive performance in consecutive game situations. An analysis according to game principles

Ball Possession Effectiveness in Men’s Elite Floorball According to Quality of Opposition and Game Period

The aim of the present study was to identify the importance of floorball tactical variables to predict ball possession effectiveness, when controlling quality of opposition and game periods. The sample was composed by 1500 ball possessions, corresponding to 14 games randomly selected from the International Championships played during 2008 and 2010 (World Championship, Four nations tournament an...

Effects of coaches’ timeouts on basketball teams’ offensive and defensive performances according to momentary differences in score and game period

The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of game timeouts on basketball teams’ offensive and defensive performances according to momentary differences in score and game period. The sample consisted of 144 timeouts registered during 18 basketball games randomly selected from the 2007 European Basketball Championship (Spain). For each timeout, five ball possessions were registered b...

using game theory techniques in self-organizing maps training

شبکه خود سازمانده پرکاربردترین شبکه عصبی برای انجام خوشه بندی و کوانتیزه نمودن برداری است. از زمان معرفی این شبکه تاکنون، از این روش در مسائل مختلف در حوزه های گوناگون استفاده و توسعه ها و بهبودهای متعددی برای آن ارائه شده است. شبکه خودسازمانده از تعدادی سلول برای تخمین تابع توزیع الگوهای ورودی در فضای چندبعدی استفاده می کند. احتمال وجود سلول مرده مشکلی اساسی در الگوریتم شبکه خودسازمانده به حسا...

Spatial game approach to describe risky agents in evacuation situations

The Principles of Game Theory

The prehistory of game theory is relatively short, devoted to an algorithm for the resolution of extensive-form games (Zermelo) and an equilibrium notion for zero-sum normal-form games (Borel, von Neumann). The theory appeared in an already elaborated form in the pioneering work " Theory of Games and Economic Behavior " (1944), issued from the collaboration between the mathematician von Neumann...