Keyword: sports

Found 91 papers in total
The biobjective travelling purchaser problem
The biobjective travelling purchaser problem
2005,
The purpose of this article is to present and solve the Biobjective Travelling...
Aggregating expert ratings using preferennce-neutral weights: The case of the college football polls
Aggregating expert ratings using preferennce-neutral weights: The case of the college football polls
2004,
I use two principal college football polls to illustrate a preference-neutral linear...
On the maximum benefit Chinese postman problem
On the maximum benefit Chinese postman problem
2003,
The Maximum Benefit Chinese Postman Problem (MBCPP) is a practical generalization of...
Stochastic Dynamic Programming
Stochastic Dynamic Programming
2002,
This paper gives a general introduction to stochastic dynamic programming, using...
Scheduling appointments at trade events for the Australian Tourist Commission
Scheduling appointments at trade events for the Australian Tourist Commission
2003,
Many trade events include appointments between buyers and sellers. Each buyer...
Minimizing breaks by maximizing cuts
Minimizing breaks by maximizing cuts
2003,
We propose to solve the break minimization problem in sports scheduling by...
College football rankings: Do the computers know best?
College football rankings: Do the computers know best?
2002,
The bowl-championship-series (BCS) committee uses 10 ranking schemes, including eight...
Tsoro and Hungarian approaches: A hybrid algorithm for an assignment problem
Tsoro and Hungarian approaches: A hybrid algorithm for an assignment problem
2003,
Tsoro is a two-person game which is widely played in Southern African countries. The...
The mathematics of playing golf, or: A new class of difficult non-linear mixed integer programs
The mathematics of playing golf, or: A new class of difficult non-linear mixed integer programs
2002,
We consider a class of non-linear mixed integer programs with n integer variables and...
Validity of fitting a first-order Markov chain model to data
Validity of fitting a first-order Markov chain model to data
2002,
The paper describes a way of testing whether, given a sequence of data, there is a...
Using a Markov process model of an association football match to determine the optimal timing of substitution and tactical decisions
Using a Markov process model of an association football match to determine the optimal timing of substitution and tactical decisions
2002,
A football match is modelled as a four-state Markov process. A log–linear model,...
A travelling salesman problem (TSP) with multiple job facilities
A travelling salesman problem (TSP) with multiple job facilities
2001,
In this paper we have considered a variation of usual travelling salesman problem...
Identifying the National College Athletic's Association tournament ‘dance card’
Identifying the National College Athletic's Association tournament ‘dance card’
2001,
The NCAA Basketball Tournament selection committee annually selects the Division 1...
On the solitaire cone and its relationship to multi-commodity flows
On the solitaire cone and its relationship to multi-commodity flows
2001,
The classical game of Peg Solitaire has uncertain origins, but was certainly popular...
An exploratory investigation of player loyalty to online games knowledge-based organization
An exploratory investigation of player loyalty to online games knowledge-based organization
2001,
Online games have become the focus of entertainment and multimedia industries as the...
Can forecasters forecast successfully? Evidence from UK betting markets
Can forecasters forecast successfully? Evidence from UK betting markets
2000,
This paper investigates the performance of professional racetrack forecasting services...
Testing for statistical and market efficiency when forecast errors are non-normal: The National Football League betting market revisited
Testing for statistical and market efficiency when forecast errors are non-normal: The National Football League betting market revisited
2000,
The paper examines the efficiency of the National Football League (NFL) betting...
Some new Z-cyclic whist tournaments
Some new Z-cyclic whist tournaments
2000,
Let p 1 , p 2 denote primes such that p 1 ≡1(mod 36), i =1,2. One result in this...
Existence of whist tournaments with the three-person property 3PWh(v)
Existence of whist tournaments with the three-person property 3PWh(v)
2000,
A whist tournament Wh ( v ) is said to have the three-person property if any two games...
Are traffic injuries disproportionally more common among tourists in Greece? Struggling with incomplete data
Are traffic injuries disproportionally more common among tourists in Greece? Struggling with incomplete data
1999,
Data concerning injury hazards among tourists are difficult to obtain because...
The towers of Hanoi – generalizations, specializations and algorithms
The towers of Hanoi – generalizations, specializations and algorithms
1992,
Some variants of the classical problem of Towers of Hanoi incorporating new pragmatic...
The videotape rental model
The videotape rental model
1999,
In this paper we study the situation faced by a videotape rental store which must...
Optimal sequential decisions and the content of the fourth-and-goal conference
Optimal sequential decisions and the content of the fourth-and-goal conference
1998,
During fourth-and-goal conferences toward the end of very close football games, teams...
Assigning season tickets fairly
Assigning season tickets fairly
1998,
After assigning Mariner season tickets in a rather unsatisfying way in 1996 to the...
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