An empirical Bayes model for time-varying paired comparisons ratings: who is the greatest women's tennis player?

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2016.08.043zbMath1383.62360OpenAlexW2510200266MaRDI QIDQ1698920

Ian G. McHale, Rose D. Baker

Publication date: 16 February 2018

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/40728/7/RDB%20and%20IGM%20womens%20tennis%20RESUBMISSION%2012%208%2016.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

rankingshrinkagepaired comparisonssportsBradley-Terry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics (62P99) Statistical ranking and selection procedures (62F07) Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12)

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