Sports Analytics: Data-Driven Sports and Decision Intelligence

這本書讓讀者踏上一段激動人心的旅程，探索由數據驅動的洞察力增強的體育世界。從場上的緊張時刻到幕後的戰略決策，這本全面的指南揭示了推動團隊獲勝和冠軍成就偉大的秘密。作者探討了顛覆我們理解和分析體育表現的尖端技術和方法論。從球員評估到比賽策略，從傷害預防到球迷互動，這本書為您提供了在任何運動中獲得競爭優勢的工具。無論您是教練、球員、分析師，還是單純的熱情球迷，這本書都將改變您看待比賽的方式。

本書詳細說明了如何使用分析和機器學習來突出體育分析中的關鍵績效指標（KPIs）。作者展示了如何應用各種統計技術、機器學習和數據挖掘算法進行場內和場外分析。他們接著展示了分析算法如何在體育生態系統中被用來為團隊和領導層提供解決方案，幫助團隊經理和教練通過儀表板監控比賽和球員信息。然後，本書展示了如何部署機器學習算法來驗證和改善團隊及球員的表現。本書對於從事與體育相關的機器學習和數據分析的專業人士和學者具有重要意義。

Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay is an associate Professor of Management at Crandall University (Canada) and an Associate Professor in Organizational Studies at Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln (UK). He has significant industry experience. His academic experience spans several years in various institutions and countries. Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay obtained the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in sociology at the University of Surrey and the Doctor of Education (EdD) in leadership and management at the University of Lincoln. His main research interest is in sociology and international human resource management. He has authored three books and several book chapters research articles in international journals. His latest publications examine the role of technology in environmental sustainability. His professional affiliations include chartered fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and fellowship ofthe Society for Education & Training (SET). He is also an active member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) and the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA).

A Mansurali is an avid researcher and a well-rounded academician in the field of business management, with a special focus on marketing, analytics, and applied research. With innovative and engaging pedagogy, he engages and trains students to understand the current developments in the fields and has several academic contributions in the form of publications to his credit. He is proficient in R, Python, Tableau, Power BI and machine learning algorithms. He's also a certified trainer for R and Machine learning from STAR certification. His competence in analytics and research has earned him key roles in sponsored research projects. He has spent 10 years teaching management graduates marketing, analytics related courses and researching the same. He has also bagged funding from the University GrantsCommission to conduct research in the area of Microfinance. Dr. A Mansurali has completed his undergraduate BCA from PSG College of Arts and Science and MBA from PSG College of Technology and a doctoral degree from Anna University, Chennai. He has also completed PGDCA, M.Sc. Applied Psychology and MA Tamil from Bharathiar University- School of Distance Education. He also holds a PGP - Business Analytics and Business Intelligence degree jointly offered by Great Lakes School for Executive Learning Mccombs school of business, and The University of Texas at Austin. And he's a lifetime learner having certification in the areas of Digital Marketing, Business intelligence, and analytics. He also engages academic fraternity, and industry and trains them in the areas of business intelligence, analytics, and research through MDP and FDPs.Prior to academics, served in Janalakshmi Financial services as Area Head- Sales, the role of serving financially excluded people and involved in the activities of Customer acquisition for financial services and handling payment cycle. Publications: Scopus: 15, Number of Publications: 39 and Book Chapters: 25.

Dr. P. Mary Jeyanthi is an Associate Professor of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, India. She had one decade of industry experience in HDFC Bank Ltd, Business Intelligence Unit, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She had a hand full of expertise in Business Intelligence and forecasting analytics. She had done her research in "A New Implementation of Mathematical Models with metaheuristic Algorithms for Business Intelligence". Business Intelligence & Analytics initiatives on High Net Worth (HNW) Portfolio and She will be responsible for the creation and execution of strategies. She is also a visiting faculty of IMT Ghaziabad, Woxsen University, Hyderabad.Dr. Besides that, she had published a number of research papers in various national and international reputed journals. Conducted several workshops on Research Methodology and Business Intelligence. She is the Resource Person by many colleges regarding soft skill training and workshops related to research paper writing. She had contributed many articles in magazines related the Building up the Human Capital and Business Analytics. She is expertise in the novelty approach of writing and managing the analytics with real-time scenarios. Her research interest in Business Intelligence and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data analytics, Management Information Systems, Data Analysis, and Business models.

Dr. Ali B. Mahmoud is a dual PhD holder in Digital Marketing and Organisational Behaviour. Dr Mahmoud is a Visiting Professor of Management in the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University in New York City, a Senior Research Scholar at ResPeo, and a part-time Lecturer (Adjunct Assistant Professor) of International Business at Brunel Business School at Brunel University London. Dr Mahmoud's current research interests include topics related to digital consumer behaviour, entrepreneurial marketing, familial marketing, work psychology, wartime perceptions effects, and research in higher education. He has published over 70 publications, including books, book chapters and journal articles featured in international journals like European Management Review, Technovation, Personnel Review, Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, BMC Public Health, BMC Psychology, Higher Education Quarterly, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management and many others. He has presented his work at leading conferences like the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS), the British Academy of Management (BAM) and the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay 是加拿大 Crandall University 的管理學副教授，以及英國林肯大學林肯國際商學院的組織研究副教授。他擁有豐富的產業經驗，學術經歷涵蓋多個國家和機構。Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay 在薩里大學獲得社會學博士（PhD），並在林肯大學獲得領導與管理教育博士（EdD）。他的主要研究興趣集中在社會學和國際人力資源管理。他已出版三本書籍及多篇國際期刊的研究文章，最近的出版物探討了科技在環境可持續性中的角色。他的專業隸屬包括英國人力資源與發展學會（CIPD）的特許會員、英國高等教育學院（HEA）的會員，以及教育與培訓學會（SET）的會員。他也是英國社會學協會（BSA）和加拿大社會學協會（CSA）的活躍成員。

A Mansurali 是一位熱衷於研究的學者，專注於商業管理領域，特別是行銷、分析和應用研究。他以創新且引人入勝的教學法，幫助學生理解該領域的最新發展，並在學術上有多項出版貢獻。他精通 R、Python、Tableau、Power BI 和機器學習算法，並且是 STAR 認證的 R 和機器學習的認證培訓師。他在分析和研究方面的能力使他在贊助研究項目中擔任重要角色。他在過去十年中教授管理研究生行銷和分析相關課程，並進行相關研究。他還獲得了大學補助委員會的資金，以進行微型金融領域的研究。Dr. A Mansurali 在 PSG 藝術與科學學院獲得學士學位（BCA），在 PSG 科技學院獲得 MBA，並在印度安娜大學獲得博士學位。他還完成了 PGDCA、應用心理學碩士（M.Sc.）和泰米爾文碩士（MA）學位，均來自巴拉特亞大學遠程教育學院。他還持有由 Great Lakes School for Executive Learning、McCombs 商學院和德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校共同提供的商業分析和商業智慧的 PGP 學位。他是一位終身學習者，擁有數位行銷、商業智慧和分析領域的認證。他還與學術界和產業界互動，通過 MDP 和 FDP 培訓他們在商業智慧、分析和研究方面的知識。在學術界之前，他曾在 Janalakshmi Financial Services 擔任區域銷售主管，專注於服務金融排除人群，並參與金融服務的客戶獲取和支付循環管理。出版物：Scopus：15，出版數量：39，書籍章節：25。

Dr. P. Mary Jeyanthi 是印度齊普里亞管理學院的副教授。她在 HDFC 銀行商業智慧部門擁有十年的產業經驗，位於印度泰米爾納德邦的金奈。她在商業智慧和預測分析方面擁有豐富的專業知識。她的研究主題為「使用元啟發算法的新數學模型實施以促進商業智慧」。她負責高淨值（HNW）投資組合的商業智慧與分析計畫的創建和執行。她也是 IMT Ghaziabad 和 Woxsen University 的客座教授。此外，她在多個國內外知名期刊上發表了多篇研究論文，並舉辦了多場有關研究方法論和商業智慧的工作坊。