Composite rating method: Application to European basketball leagues

This paper introduces the Composite Rating Method (CRM), a novel approach for the integrated evaluation of basketball player and team performances across multiple leagues. Utilizing data from Euroleague, EuroCup, and Basketball Champions League, the presented method provides comprehensive and accurate rankings, including accounting for actions not included in personal statistics. Drawing inspiration from established methodologies such as ELO, PER, Offensive and Defensive ratings, CRM offers a balanced assessment of player and team capabilities. The paper delineates the data collection and preprocessing procedures, details the algorithmic framework of CRM, and showcases its predictive capacity. By presenting a well-rounded approach to ranking, this paper aims to contribute to the advancement of performance evaluation methods in basketball and sports in general.

Scientific inheritance of Eugenijus Ušpuras

This article is written to honour the scientific achievements of prof. Eugenijus Ušpuras, who passed away in 2019. Therefore, his colleagues summarized retrospectively main research topics like safety studies for Ignalina NPP, research in nuclear fusion and investigations in energy security prof. E. Ušpuras worked with. Since prof. Eugenijus Ušpuras spent his entire scientific career at Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) all these three topics are directly related to the development of the nuclear energy topics and research performed in Lithuania during the last decades.