1710. Round-Robin Tournament Scheduling Under Total Game Attractiveness Objective
Invited abstract in session WC-40: Sports timetabling, stream Sports and Entertainment.
Wednesday, 12:30-14:00Room: Newlyn LG.02
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Dilek Gunnec
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| Industrial Engineering, Ozyegin University | |
| 2. | Ugur Guler
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| Maastricht University | |
| 3. | Tankut Atan
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| Bahcesehir University |
Abstract
Tournament competitiveness plays a critical role in shaping the associated economy, influencing match attendance, viewership, merchandise sales, and related factors. Among various measures that can help increase tournament competitiveness, scheduling offers a cost-effective way for this purpose. Designing a tournament schedule with competitiveness in mind can significantly enhance a tournament’s appeal. In this study, we present a new metric, the competitive difference, to measure this appeal and propose a mathematical model tailored for round-robin tournaments. While our numerical experiments involve single round-robin tournaments, the approach can be extended to multiple round-robin tournaments as well. Using simulated match outcomes, we evaluate the impact of the generated schedules on the Big Five leagues.
Keywords
- Scheduling
- Combinatorial Optimization
- OR in Sports
Status: accepted
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