| Article ID: | iaor1995181 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 276 |
| End Page Number: | 280 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1993 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Willis R.J., Terrill B.J. |
| Keywords: | optimization: simulated annealing, scheduling |
The 1992/93 Australian domestic state cricket season was scheduled using the method of simulated annealing. This included both first-class matches (four days each) and one-day games. The matches had to be scheduled around international fixtures and had to respect a variety of other constraints of varying importance. The work was carried out in conjunction with the Australian Cricket Board and the results were used with some manual modification to produce the final 1992/93 cricket programme.