Rating competitors before tournament starts: How it's affecting team progression in a soccer tournament

• Main Authors: Mat Yusof, Muhammad, Sulaiman, Tajularipin, Khalid, Ruzelan, Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri, Mansor, Rosnalini
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: GV Recreation Leisure; QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/17718/; http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4903653
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

In professional sporting events, rating competitors before tournament start is a well-known approach to distinguish the favorite team and the weaker teams. Various methodologies are used to rate competitors. In this paper, we explore four ways to rate competitors; least squares rating, maximum likel...