A cluster phase analysis for collective behavior in team sports

作者：Lopez Felip Maurici A^*; Davis Tehran J; Frank Till D; Dixon James A

来源：Human Movement Science, 2018, 59: 96-111.

DOI：10.1016/j.humov.2018.03.013

• Dynamical systems theory
• Synchronization
• Ecological physics
• Team sports

Collective behavior can be defined as the ability of humans to coordinate with others through a complex environment. Sports offer exquisite examples of this dynamic interplay, requiring decision making and other perceptual-cognitive skills to adjust individual decisions to the team self organization and vice versa. Considering players of a team as periodic phase oscillators, synchrony analyses can be used to model the coordination of a team. Nonetheless, a main limitation of current models is that collective behavior is context independent. In other words, players on a team can be highly synchronized without this corresponding to a meaningful coordination dynamics relevant to the context of the game. Considering these issues, the aim of this study was to develop a method of analysis sensitive to the context for evidence-based measures of collective behavior.

• 出版日期2018-6