Keyword: sports

Found 91 papers in total
A computationally efficient approach to swimming monofin optimization
2006,
Monofins provide swimmers with an efficient alternative to the standard pair of fins....
Bitz & Pizzas: Optimal stopping strategy for a slot machine bonus game
2009,
Slot machine games used to be very simple, often limited to just one spin of the...
The capacitated team orienteering and profitable tour problems
2009,
In this paper, we study the capacitated team orienteering and profitable tour problems...
Comments on an ancient Greek racecourse: finding minimum width annuluses
2008,
For a set of measured points, we describe a linear–programming model that...
Sports sentiment and stock returns
2007,
This paper investigates the stock market reaction to sudden changes in investor mood....
Player co-modelling in a strategy board game: discovering how to play fast
2008,
In this article we experiment with a 2-player strategy board game where playing models...
Solving mirrored traveling tournament problem benchmark instances with eight teams
2008,
A two-phase method based on generating timetables from one-factorizations and finding...
Manchester United Football Club: developing a network orchestration model
2007,
This paper investigates a particular type of coordination role called ‘network...
Should a new arena be built in the city of Pittsburgh?
2007,
The problem analyzed was that of what steps should be taken, if any, to ensure the...
Estimation methods by stochastic model in binary and ternary AHP
2007,
New stochastic models for binary and ternary AHP are proposed, and further minimax and...
Optimum burn-in time of sporting and recreational equipment
2006,
In this research we present two approaches for determining the optimal burn-in time of...
Airlines as baseball players: another approach for evaluating an equal-safety hypothesis
2006,
Within the First World, observed differences across air carriers in passenger death...
Decision making and card collecting
2005,
Collecting a set of different, yet similar, items is a popular hobby. The...
Multi-criteria optimization of ball passing in simulated soccer
2005,
Simulated soccer offers a standard real-time environment for testing decision-making...
Multi-agent modelling for simulation of customer-centric Supply Chain
2006,
The analysis of coordination among the Supply Chain (SC) members is a key factor for...
Forecasting football results and the efficiency of fixed-odds betting
2004,
An ordered probit regression model estimated using 10 years' data is used to forecast...
Modelling and solving English Peg Solitaire
2006,
Peg Solitaire is a well known puzzle, which can prove difficult despite its simple...
An exploratory study for investigating loyalty in on-line games: Focus on interactivity and the sense of presence
2005,
Online game business has emerged as the most lucrative entertainment industry, with...
Implications of personalization offers on demand and supply network design: A case from the golf club industry
2006,
Competitive, open and global markets render the consumer more demanding towards...
Golf course revenue management: A study of tee time intervals
2002,
Golf courses have two strategic levers, round duration control and demand-based...
Characterizations of the 3-cycle count and backward length of a tournament
2005,
Measures of inconsistency or difference between a set of pairwise comparisons and the...
A tabu search heuristic for the team orienteering problem
2005,
This paper describes a tabu search heuristic for the Team Orienteeering Problem (TOP)....
Maximum density stable patterns in variants of Conway's game of Life
2000,
We use integer programming to find maximum density stable patterns in variants of...
Bombardier Flexjet significantly improves its fractional aircraft ownership operations
2005,
The fractional aircraft market is the fastest growing segment of the business aircraft...
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