| Article ID: | iaor19912020 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 67 |
| End Page Number: | 74 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1991 |
| Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
| Authors: | Robinson Lawrence W. |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
Using a simple linear program can eliminate baseball teams from playoff consideration well before the current ‘magic number’ rule. In the 1987 season, teams were eliminated up to five days earlier. A similar LP can be used for determining when hockey teams clinch a playoff berth.