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That’s a shout World Cup enthusiasts1 don’t hear too frequently. Soccer’s known for low-scoring games, which makes it difficult to find an objective2 means of measuring the skill of top players. In a given game, a couple might nail a goal or have an assist3. But who’s the best of the best?

 

This conundrum4 plagued Luis Amaral as a kid in Portugal. Now, a professor of biology and chemical engineering5 at Northwestern, he used his team’s computational skills to find the best. The work is in the journal6 Public Library of Science One.

 

Graduate student Josh Waitzman wrote software using data from the 2008 Euro Cup Web site. They mapped the flow of the ball among players. They evaluated the ways the ball can travel. And they were able to rank players based on how many times and ways the ball passed through them to finish a given shot.

 

Their rankings match the opinions of coaches and experts. For example, all agree that Spain’s Xavi is a great player. Amaral and his team say this network model could be also be used for non-soccer tasks, such as evaluating teammates on a group work project. (Annual report)

 

Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
 


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1 enthusiasts 7d5827a9c13ecd79a8fd94ebb2537412     
n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册
2 objective CHBxY     
adj.客观的；n.目标，目的
参考例句：
  • He tried to take an objective view of the situation.他试图对形势有个客观的看法。
  • The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
3 assist mOxyr     
vt.协助，帮助，促进；vi.帮忙，参加
参考例句：
  • He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan.他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。
  • We'll assist at your wedding.我们将出席你们的婚礼。
4 conundrum gpxzZ     
n.谜语；难题
参考例句：
  • Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
  • Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。
5 engineering vtyzmS     
n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵
参考例句：
  • The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
  • It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。
6 journal g3Ex2     
n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物
参考例句：
  • He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
  • He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

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