| Article ID: | iaor19912037 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 113 |
| End Page Number: | 118 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1991 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Eiselt H.A., Laporte G. |
| Keywords: | sports |
In this paper, the problem of optimally locating the numbers around a dartboard is investigated. The objective considered is risk maximization. Under different assumptions, the problem can be formulated as a travelling salesman problem, as a quadratic assignment problem, or as a more general assignment problem without subtours. Various dartboard designs are proposed and compared with the current one.