Football Fixture Scheduling: Are all clashes equal?
In a paper published in JORS: Kendall G. (2008) Scheduling English Football Fixtures Over Holiday Periods. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59(6), pages 743-755 (doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602382) I investigated if it was possible to produce superior fixtures for the Christmas/New Year Period with respect to minimising the distance that is traveled by supporters on two particular […]
Football (Soccer) Prediction: Data Collection (#002)
If you have read previous versions of this blog you’ll know that a) I have an interest in trying to predict football (soccer) matches and b) I am currently developing a system (as a research project) that I hope to get up and running in the next month or so. What kept me busy for […]
Football (Soccer) Prediction: Development Framework (#001)
As the new football (soccer in the USA) season approaches I am trying to get a football prediction system up and running. I think I will struggle to get it ready for the start of the new season (which starts Aug 7th) but that is not so important as this is mostly a research project. […]
Football Prediction: Follow up
Whilst searching around the net looking for relevant resources for my plan to predict football matches, I came across The Sports Exchange. It looks like a relatively new web site, but seems very nice. I posted a comment in their blog (about football pools prediction), and received a number of replies. The blog entry can […]