A survey of mathematical models of human performance using power and energy

VSM Sreedhara, GM Mocko, RE Hutchison - Sports medicine-open, 2019 - Springer
The ability to predict the systematic decrease of power during physical exertion gives
valuable insights into health, performance, and injury. This review surveys the research of …

Prediction of pacing and cornering strategies during cycling individual time trials with optimal control

A Zignoli, F Biral - Sports Engineering, 2020 - Springer
A new dynamic model for predicting road cycling individual time trials with optimal control
was created. The model included both lateral and longitudinal bicycle dynamics, 3D road …

Experimental modeling of cyclists fatigue and recovery dynamics enabling optimal pacing in a time trial

F Ashtiani, VSM Sreedhara, A Vahidi… - 2019 American …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Improving a cyclist performance during a time-trial effort has been a challenge for sport
scientists for several decades. There has been a lot of work on understanding the …

Assessment of bike handling during cycling individual time trials with a novel analytical technique adapted from motorcycle racing

A Zignoli, F Biral, A Fornasiero, D Sanders… - European journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A methodology to study bike handling of cyclists during individual time trials
(ITT) is presented. Lateral and longitudinal accelerations were estimated from GPS data of …

A hydraulic model outperforms work-balance models for predicting recovery kinetics from intermittent exercise

FC Weigend, DC Clarke, O Obst, J Siegler - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
Data Science advances in sports commonly involve “big data”, ie, large sport-related data
sets. However, such big data sets are not always available, necessitating specialized …

Influence of corners and road conditions on cycling individual time trial performance and 'optimal'pacing strategy: a simulation study

A Zignoli - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A mathematical model of a bike-rider's longitudinal and lateral dynamics was used to study
the influence of road conditions (tyre-road friction coefficient) on cycling individual time trial …

Optimal Pacing of a Cyclist in a Time Trial Based on Individualized Models of Fatigue and Recovery

F Ashtiani, VSM Sreedhara, A Vahidi… - … on Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article formulates the optimal pacing of a cyclist on hilly terrain time trials as a minimum-
time optimal control problem. The maximal power of a cyclist serves as a time-varying …

Repeatability and variability of the 3-Min all-out test at the subject level

VSM Sreedhara, GM Mocko, RE Hutchison - Journal of Science in Sport …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The constant work-rate to exhaustion tests must be repeated several times at each
work-rate to estimate subject-level trial-to-trial variance (intra-individual variability, IIV) of …

Model Based Optimisation of Pacing Strategy in Time Trial Cycling

S Digre - 2023 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
The objective of this project is to find optimal pacing strategies for time trial cycling. A pacing
strategy, in this context, is based on power output levels measured on an ergometer. The …

Adversarial Risk Analysis for Decision-Making in Sports

S Luxenberg - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Decision-making in the presence of intelligent adversaries is all around us. Whether we are
determining our optimal bid for a valuable auction item, devising a counter strategy for …