Operational research applied to sports. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mike Wright.
• Editors: (Professor of management science), Wright, Mike
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 796.069; Sports administration -- Research; General; Management Science; International/General; Operations Research; Operational research; Lifestyle, sport & leisure; Business & management; Economics, finance, business & management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137534668; 1137534664
• Related ISBNs: 9781137534651
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.