Science of success

What makes a good (fantasy) football manager? - webscraping and data analysis in R

Arising from the desire for spectators of sporting contests to obtain more enjoyment, Fantasy sports have become increasing popular in recent years. These sports involve competitors to create virtual teams that score points based upon the statistical …

O’Sullivan, Hendry, Davies,...? A complex networks approach to ranking professional Snooker players

The question is often posed regarding who is the greatest competitor within a given sport resulting in endless debates without definitive answer and is generally discussed via qualitative, rather than quantitative, arguments. In this talk we consider …