Social Network Analysis Applied to Team Sports Analysis

Explaining how graph theory and social network analysis can be applied to team sports analysis, This book presents useful approaches, models and methods that can be used to characterise the overall properties of team networks and identify the prominence o

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Filipe Manuel Clemente Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer Melgaço Portugal

Fernando Manuel Lourenço Martins Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã Covilhã Portugal

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Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã Covilhã Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior de Educação Coimbra Portugal Rui Sousa Mendes Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior de Educação Coimbra Portugal

ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-25854-6 ISBN 978-3-319-25855-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25855-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015954989 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo—Escola superior de Melgaço, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra—Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, and Instituto de Telecomunicações—Covilhã for the institutional support to make this book. The authors would also to thank Dr. Dimitris Kalamaras and Prof. Frutuoso Silva for their scientific contribution in the previous works and for their suggestions for this book. Finally, the authors would like to thank their families for the permanent support and for the patience with their scientific activity. For that reason, this book is dedicated to our families