Estimating the effect of hitting strategies in baseball using counterfactual virtual simulation with deep learning
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcss-2023-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1684-4769
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 12
Published on: Jan 17, 2023
Published by: International Association of Computer Science in Sport
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