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A Neighbor-based Approach to Pitch Ownership Models in Soccer
Tiago Mendes-Neves, Luís Meireles, João Mendes-Moreira
Pitch ownership models allow many types of analysis in soccer and provide valuable assistance to tactical analysts in understanding the game's dynamics. The novelty they provide ov…
Towards a Systematic Approach to Design New Ensemble Learning Algorithms
João Mendes-Moreira, Tiago Mendes-Neves
Ensemble learning has been a focal point of machine learning research due to its potential to improve predictive performance. This study revisits the foundational work on ensemble…
Forecasting Events in Soccer Matches Through Language
Tiago Mendes-Neves, Luís Meireles, João Mendes-Moreira
This paper introduces an approach to predicting the next event in a soccer match, a challenge bearing remarkable similarities to the problem faced by Large Language Models (LLMs).…
Estimating Player Performance in Different Contexts Using Fine-tuned Large Events Models
Tiago Mendes-Neves, Luís Meireles, João Mendes-Moreira
This paper introduces an innovative application of Large Event Models (LEMs), akin to Large Language Models, to the domain of soccer analytics. By learning the language of soccer -…
Valuing Players Over Time
Tiago Mendes-Neves, Luís Meireles, João Mendes-Moreira
In soccer (or association football), players quickly go from heroes to zeroes, or vice-versa. Performance is not a static measure but a somewhat volatile one. Analyzing performance…