Football fever: goal distributions and non-Gaussian statistics

Analyzing football score data with statistical techniques, we investigate how the not purely random, but highly co-operative nature of the game is reflected in averaged properties such as the probability distributions of scored goals for the home and away teams. As it turns out, especially the tails...

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Main Authors: Bittner, Elmar (Author) , Nuβbaumer, Andreas (Author) , Janke, Wolfhard (Author) , Weigel, Martin (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: The European physical journal. B, Condensed matter and complex systems
Year: 2009, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 459-471
ISSN:1434-6036
DOI:10.1140/epjb/e2008-00396-1
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2008-00396-1
Verlag, Volltext: https://epjb.epj.org/articles/epjb/abs/2009/03/b080260/b080260.html
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Author Notes:E. Bittner, A. Nußbaumer, W. Janke, and M. Weigel

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