Trajectory Imputation in Multi-Agent Sports with Derivative-Accumulating Self-Ensemble

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Main Authors: Choi, Han-Jun, Kim, Hyunsung, Lee, Minho, Jeong, Minchul, Kim, Chang-Jo, Yoon, Jinsung, Ko, Sang-Ki
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author Choi, Han-Jun
Kim, Hyunsung
Lee, Minho
Jeong, Minchul
Kim, Chang-Jo
Yoon, Jinsung
Ko, Sang-Ki
author_facet Choi, Han-Jun
Kim, Hyunsung
Lee, Minho
Jeong, Minchul
Kim, Chang-Jo
Yoon, Jinsung
Ko, Sang-Ki
contents Multi-agent trajectory data collected from domains such as team sports often suffer from missing values due to various factors. While many imputation methods have been proposed for spatiotemporal data, they are not well-suited for multi-agent sports scenarios where player movements are highly dynamic and inter-agent interactions continuously evolve. To address these challenges, we propose MIDAS (Multi-agent Imputer with Derivative-Accumulating Self-ensemble), a framework that imputes multi-agent trajectories with high accuracy and physical plausibility. It jointly predicts positions, velocities, and accelerations through a Set Transformer-based neural network and generates alternative estimates by recursively accumulating predicted velocity and acceleration values. These predictions are then combined using a learnable weighted ensemble to produce final imputed trajectories. Experiments on three sports datasets demonstrate that MIDAS significantly outperforms existing baselines in both positional accuracy and physical plausibility. Lastly, we showcase use cases of MIDAS, such as approximating total distance and pass success probability, to highlight its applicability to practical downstream tasks that require complete tracking data.
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spellingShingle Trajectory Imputation in Multi-Agent Sports with Derivative-Accumulating Self-Ensemble
Choi, Han-Jun
Kim, Hyunsung
Lee, Minho
Jeong, Minchul
Kim, Chang-Jo
Yoon, Jinsung
Ko, Sang-Ki
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Multi-agent trajectory data collected from domains such as team sports often suffer from missing values due to various factors. While many imputation methods have been proposed for spatiotemporal data, they are not well-suited for multi-agent sports scenarios where player movements are highly dynamic and inter-agent interactions continuously evolve. To address these challenges, we propose MIDAS (Multi-agent Imputer with Derivative-Accumulating Self-ensemble), a framework that imputes multi-agent trajectories with high accuracy and physical plausibility. It jointly predicts positions, velocities, and accelerations through a Set Transformer-based neural network and generates alternative estimates by recursively accumulating predicted velocity and acceleration values. These predictions are then combined using a learnable weighted ensemble to produce final imputed trajectories. Experiments on three sports datasets demonstrate that MIDAS significantly outperforms existing baselines in both positional accuracy and physical plausibility. Lastly, we showcase use cases of MIDAS, such as approximating total distance and pass success probability, to highlight its applicability to practical downstream tasks that require complete tracking data.
title Trajectory Imputation in Multi-Agent Sports with Derivative-Accumulating Self-Ensemble
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.10878