Article ID: | iaor1994655 |
Country: | Brazil |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 199 |
End Page Number: | 219 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1992 |
Journal: | Investigacin Operativa |
Authors: | Liebling Th.M., Glardon C., Delaloye V. |
Keywords: | heuristics, combinatorial analysis |
The authors model the problem of assigning referees to matches of volleyball championships as a combinatorial optimization problem. To solve it, they adapt three local search heuristics and study their behavior as a function of their parameters. The authors show the limitations of these algorithms and that the use of refined initialization algorithms and an ‘endgame’ strategy can significantly enhance their efficiency.