{"title":"A reinforcement learning based approach to play calling in football","authors":"Preston Biro, S. Walker","doi":"10.1515/jqas-2021-0029","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With the vast amount of data collected on football and the growth of computing power, many games involving decision choices can be optimized. The underlying rule is the maximization of an expected utility of outcomes and the law of large numbers. The data available allows one to compute with high accuracy the probabilities of outcomes of actions, and the well defined points system in the game allows for a specification of the terminal utilities. With some well established decision theory we can optimize choices for each single play level. A full exposition of the theory and analysis is presented in the paper.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2021-0029","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract With the vast amount of data collected on football and the growth of computing power, many games involving decision choices can be optimized. The underlying rule is the maximization of an expected utility of outcomes and the law of large numbers. The data available allows one to compute with high accuracy the probabilities of outcomes of actions, and the well defined points system in the game allows for a specification of the terminal utilities. With some well established decision theory we can optimize choices for each single play level. A full exposition of the theory and analysis is presented in the paper.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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