Title: Making up for the deficit in a marathon run,
Abstract: To predict the final result of an athlete in a marathon run thoroughly is the
eternal desire of each trainer. Usually, the achieved result is weaker than the
predicted one due to the objective (e.g., environmental conditions) as well as
subjective factors (e.g., athlete's malaise). Therefore, making up for the
deficit between predicted and achieved results is the main ingredient of the
analysis performed by trainers after the competition. In the analysis, they
search for parts of a marathon course where the athlete lost time. This paper
proposes an automatic making up for the deficit by using a Differential
Evolution algorithm. In this case study, the results that were obtained by a
wearable sports-watch by an athlete in a real marathon are analyzed. The first
experiments with Differential Evolution show the possibility of using this
method in the future.