Operational Research Applied to Sports
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-349-56807-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first book to provide a broad look at how Operational Research methods can be applied practically to the field of sports, with applications including timetabling, scheduling, and strategy.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-56807-9 (9781349568079)
DOI
10.1057/9781137534675
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Mike Wright
Operational Research Applied to Sports
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08/2015
Palgrave Macmillan
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Content
1. Introduction
2. The Optimal Aiming Line
3. Planning Urban Recreational Facilities With Integer Goal Programming
4. Using Hypergames To Model Difficult Social Issues: An Approach To The Case Of Soccer Hooliganism.
5. Optimal Strategies For The Game Of Darts
6. Dynamic Programming In One-Day Cricket - Optimal Scoring Rates
7. Scheduling English Cricket Umpires
8. Computer Forecasting Of Australian Rules Football For A Daily Newspaper
9. Timetabling County Cricket Fixtures Using A Form Of Tabu Search
10. A Fair Method For Resetting The Target In Interrupted One-Day Cricket Matches
11. Measuring The Performance Of Nations At The Summer Olympics Using Data Envelopment Analysis
12. The Professional Foul In Football - Tactics And Deterrents
13. A Mathematical Analysis Of Badminton Scoring Systems
14. A Branch-And-Price Algorithm For Scheduling Sport Leagues
15. Optimal Challenges In Tennis
2. The Optimal Aiming Line
3. Planning Urban Recreational Facilities With Integer Goal Programming
4. Using Hypergames To Model Difficult Social Issues: An Approach To The Case Of Soccer Hooliganism.
5. Optimal Strategies For The Game Of Darts
6. Dynamic Programming In One-Day Cricket - Optimal Scoring Rates
7. Scheduling English Cricket Umpires
8. Computer Forecasting Of Australian Rules Football For A Daily Newspaper
9. Timetabling County Cricket Fixtures Using A Form Of Tabu Search
10. A Fair Method For Resetting The Target In Interrupted One-Day Cricket Matches
11. Measuring The Performance Of Nations At The Summer Olympics Using Data Envelopment Analysis
12. The Professional Foul In Football - Tactics And Deterrents
13. A Mathematical Analysis Of Badminton Scoring Systems
14. A Branch-And-Price Algorithm For Scheduling Sport Leagues
15. Optimal Challenges In Tennis