Article ID: | iaor20102845 |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 471 |
End Page Number: | 476 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
Authors: | Knust Sigrid |
Keywords: | scheduling |
We consider a sports tournament for an odd number of teams where every team plays exactly two matches in each round and all matches have to be scheduled consecutively on a single court. We construct schedules for any number of teams minimizing waiting times.