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Combinatorial Models for Scheduling Sports Tournaments
This book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling...
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Artificial data in sports forecasting: a simulation framework for analysing predictive models in sports
Far-reaching decisions in organizations often rely on sophisticated methods of data analysis. However, data availability is not always given in...
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Sports scheduling and other topics in sports analytics: a survey with special reference to Latin America
Recent years have witnessed vigorous development in the application of mathematical and computational techniques to many aspects of the organization...
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The future of sports ticketing: Technologies, data, and new strategies
Though the sports markets have been growing rapidly, the growth rate of ticket revenues has trailed other revenue streams. With the push for use of...
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Broadcasting revenue sharing after cancelling sports competitions
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the partial or total cancellation of most sports competitions worldwide. Sports organizations crucially rely on revenues...
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Strategies for dealing with uncertainty in time-relaxed sports timetabling
Time-relaxed sports timetables use more time slots than strictly needed, and are particularly popular in amateur (indoor) leagues. However, due to...
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A fix-and-optimize heuristic for the ITC2021 sports timetabling problem
This paper addresses the general and challenging Sports Timetabling Problem proposed during the International Timetabling Competition of 2021...
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Customized GRASP for rehabilitation therapy scheduling with appointment priorities and accounting for therapist satisfaction
Physical therapy in acute care hospitals plays an important role in the rehabilitation of patients. Nevertheless, the profession must deal with staff...
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Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the sports timetabling competition ITC2021
We describe the solver that we developed for the Sports Timetabling Competition ITC2021, a three-stage simulated annealing approach, that makes use...
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Navigating the Web3 Landscape: A Forward-Looking Perspective on the Future of Sports Business for Athletes, Consumers, and Management
As the world continues to progress into the digital age, sports are also evolving into a new landscape. Web3 technology is one of the most exciting...
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Round-robin scheduling with regard to rest differences
Fairness is a key consideration in designing sports schedules. When two teams play against each other, it is only fair to let them rest the same...
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Integer Programming Methods to Identify Nash Equilibrium Solutions for Platform-Based Scheduling Games
This paper proposes an integer programming approach to examining Nash equilibrium solutions of a game modeling freelancer platforms. This...
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Modeling and solving the problem of scheduling university exams in terms of new constraints on the conflicts of professors' exams and the concurrence of exams with common questions
The problem of scheduling final exams is a type of educational planning in which the goal is to find a suitable schedule for the exams of an...
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Anonymity in sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues
We study the problem of sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues axiomatically. Our key axiom is anonymity, the classical impartiality...
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Matching and Scheduling of Student-Company-Talks for a University IT-Speed Dating Event
In this paper, the IT-speed dating of a German university is considered, where students have talks with different companies in order to find a...
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Advertising Management: Scheduling and Strike of the Pandemic Situation
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses across the world, and advertising is no exception. This comprehensive study delves into the intricate...
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Case Studies
This chapter reports in detail three applications of sports tournament scheduling. They involve the use of approximate and exact methods described in...
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Binary Programming for Allocation of Players in Soccer Competitions by a Canadian Sports Event Management Company
The resource allocation problem becomes more complex as resources and activities are added to the scenario as the possibility of combinations grows...
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Leagues, Tournaments, and Schedules
The scheduling of a sports tournament involves some fundamental issues, such as the type of league, the tournament characteristics, the timing of the...