This thesis is in the format of published, submitted, or ready for submission manuscripts, and
is submitted for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Newcastle; UON) and …

No futebol, a observação e a análise do jogo são essenciais para caraterizar as exigências
específicas que são impostas aos jogadores em contexto competitivo, sendo um meio …

Aims: To introduce a platform called “InteractiveLab”(ILab) for collecting and analyzing ball
passing networks during soccer games. Methods: The software was organized to collect …

Positional tracking technologies have been providing reliable information that can boost the
interpretation of football team's performance by adopting different data-driven approaches …

Applying advanced data analytics to sports has become one of the cornerstones of a
successful sports organization. There are direct business incentives for organizations to …

Team sports are complex dynamic systems based on the frequent interaction of various
players. Recently, social network analysis has been introduced to the study of sports …

Due to the fact that team sports such as football have a complex multidirectional and
intermittent nature, an accurate planning of the training workload is needed in order to …

Soccer is a worldwide sport. Every 4 years since 1930, the sport stimulates a growing
number of people, countries, and money during the Soccer World Cup. This scientific …

Performance analysis and good decision making in sports is important to maximize chances
of winning. Over the last years the amount and quality of data which is available for the …

The system for rating players after the match has great commercial value, and it is also a hot
topic that has been discussed in academia. This paper envisages “standing on the …