Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports

by Butenko, Sergiy; Gil-Lafuente, Jaime; Pardalos, Panos M.; Samaranch, Juan Antonio

• ISBN13: 9783540207122
• ISBN10: 3540207120
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-20
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book presents the up-to-date research developments in economics, management and optimization applied to sports, which would be of interest to researchers and practitioners in sports industry, and could be used as supplementary reading in related courses and seminars. In particular, the volume contains research papers and reviews addressing the following issues: methods for ranking teams and evaluating players' performance; techniques for predicting outcomes of sport competitions; economics for professional leagues; optimal strategies in sports; optimal referee assignment techniques; scheduling and managing sport tournaments. The specific sports discussed in the book include American football, soccer, baseball, cricket, basketball, track and field, and hockey.

Table of Contents

Matrix-based Methods for College Football Rankings	1	(15)
Vladimir Boginski
Sergiy Butenko
Panos M. Pardalos
Who's the Best? Data Envelopment Analysis and Ranking Players in the National Football League	15	(16)
Erickson H. DeOliveira
Robert Callum
Dynamic Programming and Time Related Strategies in Sports	31	(12)
Harold Sackrowitz
Using Statistics to Predict Scores in English Premier League Soccer	43	(16)
John S. Croucher
Modelling and Forecasting Match Results in the English Premier League and Football League	59	(20)
Stephen Dobson
John Goddard
Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution	79	(22)
Trudo Dejonghe
The Best Systems for Appointing Referees	101	(20)
Jaime Gil Lafuente
Fashion Accessory, Social Identity or Tribal Uniform?	121	(10)
Nick Wilde
Modeling a Baseball Game to Optimize Pitcher Substitution Strategies Using Dynamic Programming	131	(32)
Nobuyoshi Hirotsu
Mike Wright
Mega Deal? A Relative Performance Analysis for Major League Baseball Players	163	(22)
Chii-Dean Lin
Richard A. Levine
Market Inefficiencies in Player Head to Head Betting on the 2003 Cricket World Cup	185	(18)
Michael J Bailey
Stephen R Clarke
Searching for Patterns in Sports Contests	203	(22)
Tim McGarry
Track and Field Performance Data and Prediction Models: Promises and Fallacies	225	(10)
Yuanlong Liu
Using Response Surface Models for Evolutionary Estimation of Optimum Running Times	235	(8)
Wei-Han Tan
Solving Sports Scheduling and Timetabling Problems with Constraint Programming	243	(22)
Abderrahmane Aggoun
Alkis Vazacopoulos
Collaboration Networks in Sports	265	(14)
Vladimir Boginski
Sergiy Butenko
Panos M. Pardalos
Oleg Prokopyev
The Holdup System for Grouping Minor Hockey Participants Into Age Divisions	279	(10)
William Hurley
Promotion and Relegation in Rent Seeking Contests	289
Stefan Szymanski