Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur

An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on / P. Scarf in Journal of the operational research society (JORS), Vol. 62 N° 11 (Novembre 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 11 (Novembre 2011) . - pp. 1931–1940 Titre : An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : P. Scarf, Auteur ; S. Akhtar, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 1931–1940 Note générale : Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Cricket  Multinomial  logistic  regression  Strategy Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : This paper analyses declaration and the follow-on decisions in test cricket. We model the match outcome given the end of first, second and third innings positions; data on 391 test matches, from the period 1997 to 2007, are used to fit the models. We then investigate how declaration strategy should vary from innings to innings, and how the nature and strength of the covariate effects vary. As the match progresses, the explanatory power of the covariates increases (from 44% at the end of the first innings to 80% at the end of the third). Home advantage and the effects of team strengths decrease. Overs-remaining, or equivalently overs used, and the number of runs by which the reference team lead their opponents remain important throughout. The follow-on decision problem is also briefly considered, and surprisingly, we find that the decision to enforce the follow-on or otherwise has no effect on match outcome. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n11/abs/jors2010169a.html [article] An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on [texte imprimé] / P. Scarf, Auteur ; S. Akhtar, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1931–1940. Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 11 (Novembre 2011) . - pp. 1931–1940 Mots-clés : Cricket  Multinomial  logistic  regression  Strategy Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : This paper analyses declaration and the follow-on decisions in test cricket. We model the match outcome given the end of first, second and third innings positions; data on 391 test matches, from the period 1997 to 2007, are used to fit the models. We then investigate how declaration strategy should vary from innings to innings, and how the nature and strength of the covariate effects vary. As the match progresses, the explanatory power of the covariates increases (from 44% at the end of the first innings to 80% at the end of the third). Home advantage and the effects of team strengths decrease. Overs-remaining, or equivalently overs used, and the number of runs by which the reference team lead their opponents remain important throughout. The follow-on decision problem is also briefly considered, and surprisingly, we find that the decision to enforce the follow-on or otherwise has no effect on match outcome. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n11/abs/jors2010169a.html