ISBN: 3540207120
TITLE: Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports
AUTHOR: Butenko et al.
TOC:

Matrix-based Methods for College Football Rankings
Vladimir Boginski, Sergiy Butenko, Panos M. Pardalos 1
Who's the Best? Data Envelopment Analysis and Ranking Players in the National Football League
Erickson H. DeOliveira, Robert Callum 15
Dynamic Programming and Time Related Strategies in Sports
Harold Sackrowitz 31
Using Statistics to Predict Scores in English Premier League Soccer
John S. Croucher 43
Modelling and Forecasting Match Results in the English Premier League and Football League
Stephen Dobson, John Goddard 59
Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution
Trudo Dejonghe 79
The Best Systems for Appointing Referees
Jaime Gil Lafuente 101
Fashion Accessory, Social Identity or Tribal Uniform?
Nick Wilde 121
Modeling a Baseball Game to Optimize Pitcher Substitution Strategies using Dynamic Programming
Nobuyoshi Hirotsu, Mike Wright 131
Mega Deal? A Relative Performance Analysis for Major League Baseball Players
Chii-Dean Lin, Richard A. Levine 163
Market Inefficiencies in Player Head to Head Betting on the 2003 Cricket World Cup
Michael J Bailey, Stephen R Clarke 185
Searching for Patterns in Sports Contests
Tim McGarry 203
Track and Field Performance Data and Prediction Models: Promises and Fallacies
Yuanlong Liu 225
Using Response Surface Models for Evolutionary Estimation of Optimum Running Times
Wei-Han Tan 235
Solving Sports Scheduling and Timetabling Problems with Constraint Programming
Abderrahmane Aggoun, Alkis Vazacopoulos 243
Collaboration Networks in Sports
Vladimir Boginski, Sergzy Butenko, Panos M. Pardalos, Oleg Prokopyev 265
The Holdup System for Grouping Minor Hockey Participants Into Age Divisions
William Hurley 279
Promotion and Relegation in Rent Seeking Contests
Stefan Szymanski 289
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