| Article ID: | iaor1989576 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 45 |
| End Page Number: | 48 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Nydic Robert L., Weiss Howard J. |
| Keywords: | decision |
Through the use of the well-known Morrison/Wheat/Erkut ice hockey model, the authors demonstrate that even optimal solutions may be open to question. Based on the assumptions which are made to estimate data values, optimal solutions may vary among decision makers. The authors also note that under any reasonable set of assumptions, hockey coaches wait too long before pulling their goalies.