Preferential model for the evolution of pass networks in ball sports.

Yamamoto, Ken; Narizuka, Takuma · Phys Rev E · 2021

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Abstract

We propose a theoretical model to evaluate the temporally evolving ball-passing networks whose number of edges increases with time. The model incorporates a preferential selection of edges that chooses an edge based on its frequency of selection. The results are in good agreement with the corresponding ball-passing networks of association football, basketball, and rugby matches, and they enable a quantitative comparison of the passing activity among different teams or ball sports.