Abstract
Attempts to build a universal rating for various sports. Olympic sports alone number nearly 100, and use of a local solution in each of them is not appropriate. A rating implies the result of a participant in the global macrotournament. A universal system of linear equations for computing ratings is suggested. The new rating-oriented format of a tournament is also proposed, as it permits to hold a macrotournament for the largest possible number of teams in a short time. The highest conformity of expected and actual results is considered as the main criterion for the effectiveness rating.
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Karminsky, A., Polozov, A. (2016). A Universal Solution to the Problem of Ratings and Rankings in Sports. In: Handbook of Ratings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39261-5_8
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