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.