We present a novel probabilistic rating system for team competitions. Building upon TrueSkill, we change the factor graph structure to cope with the problems of TrueSkill, e.g., multiway ties and variable team size. We give detailed inference algorithms for the new structure. Experimental results show a significant improvement over TrueSkill.

Consider a scenario in which an algorithmic machine, M, is being fed the graph of a computable function f . M is said to finitely identify f just in case after inspecting a finite portion of the graph of f it emits its first conjecture which is a program for f , and it never abandons this conjecture thereafter. A team of machines is a multiset of such machines. A team is said to be successful j...

Collaborative work is becoming more important, because of the increasing size and complexity of problems. There are various tools to do collaborative work that facilitate information sharing, activity collaboration among team members, and progress tracking during the execution of the collaborative work. A previous step to the collaboration process is to select the members of the team that will ...

The literature nds that investors increase portfolio turnover following high returns, explaining it by either overcon dence or skilled trading. This paper develops a theoretical model and shows empirically that team-managed funds trade less after good performance than single-managed funds. The magnitude of this di erential increases with team size. Moreover, the change from singleto team-manage...

Work has been ongoing to develop an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for teams. As part of this work, we are developing a flexible, scalable, military-based set of collaborative team tasks that can serve as a “testbed” to exercise various aspects of a team ITS architecture.Warfighting teams are a core part of any operation as individual soldiers combine their skill sets and plan, coordinate an...

Anthropometric measurements and personal data were collected from 119 Australian Rules footballers from Victoria. A top level professional league team, a second level association team, and an A-grade amateur association team were observed, representing three levels of ability. The profile of physical features of these athletes at the beginning of the season is presented. A gradation of body siz...

Each member of an n-person team has a secret, say a password. The k out of n gruppen secret sharing requires that any group of k members should be able to recover the secrets of the other n−k members, while any group of k−1 or less members should have no information on the secret of other team member even if other secrets leak out. We prove that when all secrets are chosen independently and hav...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with the quality of primary medical care incentivised under the new UK general medical services contract. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING NHS Ayrshire and Arran area, Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 60 general practices. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Quality scores reflecting the total points achieved on the 10 clinical domains and holistic care. Univariate...

UNLABELLED The lay press, scientists, and physicians appear to believe that gymnasts are continually getting smaller and that their "smallness" is a health risk. PURPOSE To assess the historical changes in the size and age of the US women's Olympic gymnastics teams from 1956 to 2008. METHODS The official records from the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics of Olympic team members were a...

The coordination methodologies of CAMBADA, a robotic soccer team designed to participate in the RoboCup Middle-Size League (MSL), are presented in this paper. The approach, which relies on information sharing and integration within the team, is based on formations, flexible positionings and dynamic role and positioning assignment. Role assignment is carried out locally on each robot to increase...