The document discusses using PageRank to analyze soccer strategies and passing networks. It describes how researchers constructed networks showing passes between players, and used PageRank to determine player importance and popularity based on how often they received passes. The paper's analysis of Netherlands and Spain teams' networks during the 2010 World Cup is highlighted.

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We’ve seen Google’s PageRank algorithm applied to cancer outcome prediction and used
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to determine molecular shapes and chemical reactions. Now, PageRank is being used to
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MIT’s technology review points to a paper from Javier Lopez Pena at University College
London and Hugo Touchette at Queen Mary University of London, analyzing soccer strategy,
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We showcase in this paper the use of some tools from network theory to describe the
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PageRank measures, we can also determine the relative importance of each player in the game, the
`popularity’ of a player, and the effect of removing players from the game.
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PageRank is used to measure player popularity, to predict who is most likely to get the ball.
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