The ability by the simulated soccer player to make rational decisions about moving without ball is a critical factor of success. Here we limit our scope to the offensive situation, i.e. when the ball is controlled by own team, and propose a systematic method for determining the optimal player position. Existing methods for accomplishing this task do not systematically balance risks and rewards, as they are not Pareto optimal by design. This may result in overlooking good opportunities. One more shortcoming of these methods is over simplifications in predicting the situation on the field, which may lead to performance loss. We propose two new ideas to address these issues. Experiments demonstrate that this results in a substantial increase in the team performance.

6HUJXHL 5D]\NRY 6LPRQ )UDVHU 8QLYHUVLW\ &DQDGD +PVTQFWEVKQP $CEMITQWPF 7KLV ZRUN GHDOV ZLWK PRGHOLQJ UDWLRQDO SOD\HU EHKDYLRU LQ WKH VLPXODWHG URERWLF VRFFHU JDPH $OWKRXJK ZH DUH XVLQJ WKH VHWWLQJ IRU WKH 5RER&XS ' VLPXODWHG VRFFHU ZH ZDQW WR