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A doubly self-exciting Poisson model for describing scoring levels in NBA basketball

Applications 2023-04-05 v1

Abstract

In this paper, Poisson time series models are considered to describe the number of field goals made by a basketball team or player at both the game (within-season) and the minute (within-game) level. To deal with the existence of temporal autocorrelation in the data, the model is endowed with a doubly self-exciting structure, following the INGARCH(1,1) specification. To estimate the model at the within-game level, a divide-and-conquer procedure, under a Bayesian framework, is carried out. The model is tested with a selection of NBA teams and players from the 2018-2019 season.

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@article{arxiv.2304.01538,
  title  = {A doubly self-exciting Poisson model for describing scoring levels in NBA basketball},
  author = {Álvaro Briz-Redón},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.01538},
  year   = {2023}
}