Model for football player's market values by using artificial neural network / Qoszira Dullah

• Main Author: Dullah, Qoszira
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Neural networks (Computer science); Artificial immune systems. Immunocomputers; Data mining
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31591/1/31591.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31591/

This project is about building football player’s market value models by using data mining technique ANN with artificial intelligence approach. Nowadays, football player’s market value has become an issue among football agents and player themselves since the gap of the market values is getting higher from popular players to the players who plays in minor football leagues. The data is collected from several internet sources, which are WhoScored.com and transfermrkt.com. The data is then cleaned and prepared by using Jupyter Notebook. The technique that was used to analyze the data is by using the big data approach to measure the correlation of attributes with the target variable i.e. market value. The model will be able to predict the market value for football players by taking user data input. The model performance then measured by using Coefficient of Determination, r2 for each model. The dataset is then visualized by using Bokeh for Python that embedded in the web-based system. The objectives of this project id fully fulfilled. However, the models could be improved by providing a better dataset so that the models can learn better. By doing this research, it will help people who associated with football transfer such as manager, football agents, and the player themselves to determine the market values for football players playing in the Forward, Midfielder, or Defender position.