Evaluating individual player contribution in a team sport

摘要

Disclosed are computational features in a system for the evaluation of players and non-player factors in a team game. Evaluating the contributions of individual game factors toward a plurality of team game event results is provided with the method including calculating, using a computer, a best-fit solution to a system of equations using the category-specific factor states among all factor categories as independent variables and the quantifiable event results as dependent variables, the solution assigning a contribution value to at least one of the category-specific factor states, each of the contribution values representing an estimation of the contribution of the corresponding category-specific factor state toward each of the event results having the category-specific factor state present during the event.

主权项

1. A method of evaluating the contributions of individual game factors toward a plurality of team game event results, said method including the following steps:
identifying a plurality of team game events that each has at least one quantifiable team game event result; identifying a plurality of factor categories relevant to each of said team game events, wherein said plurality of factor categories each take at least one of a plurality of pre-defined category-specific factor states, at least one of said category-specific factor states being defined by the participation of said individual factor in said event results, where the number of identified team game events exceeds the total number of said category-specific factor states among all said factor categories; calculating, using a computer, a best-fit solution to a system of equations using said category-specific factor states among all factor categories as independent variables and said quantifiable event results as dependent variables, said solution assigning a contribution value to at least one of said category-specific factor states, each said contribution value representing an estimation of the contribution of the corresponding category-specific factor state toward each of said event results having said category-specific factor state present during said event.