Baseball playoff eliminations: An application of linear programming

Baseball playoff eliminations: An application of linear programming

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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
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Keywords: programming: linear
Abstract:

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.

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