var fDesc=new Array(); fDesc[0] = "Traditionally sports fans want to know how a result will affect their teams league standing before, during and immediately after a result is known.

Because of this simplistic and moderately accurate league ranking systems have evolved 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw regardless of strength of opponent and no account of home or away advantage/ disadvantage for example.

I first came across the ELO algorithm during a math class as part of my computer science degree when our math professor asked for help to code a complex mathematical problem.

The FORTRAN computer language was beyond his abilities and the mathematics of the ELO algorithm was beyond mine but together we created the required code to build highly accurate team ranking software

-Using advanced mathematics the Life-Form algorithm creates a very accurate rating / league rank for each team.

-Using regression analysis Life-Form calculates win, loose and draw trend probabilities using up to 30 years and 10,000 league results.

-Taking these probabilities Life-Form then compares them to current market prices (probabilities) in order to find an edge over the market.

-Once an edge has been found Life-Form compares this edge with an odds archive of recent prices to confirm if this trend is profitable in the long term."; function tShowHide(id, show) { var s = document.getElementById("desc"); if ((s.innerHTML.length<=212 || show==1) && show!=2) { s.innerHTML = fDesc[id]; if (document.getElementById('m1')) document.getElementById('m1').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('m2')) document.getElementById('m2').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('more_txt')) document.getElementById('more_txt').style.display='inline'; } else { s.innerHTML = ''; } }