Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports

1. Front Matter

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2. Matrix-based Methods for College Football Rankings

   • Vladimir Boginski, Sergiy Butenko, Panos M. Pardalos

   Pages 1-13

3. Who’s the Best? Data Envelopment Analysis and Ranking Players in the National Football League

   • Erickson H. DeOliveira, Robert Callum

   Pages 15-30

4. Dynamic Programming and Time Related Strategies in Sports

   • Harold Sackrowitz

   Pages 31-41

5. Using Statistics to Predict Scores in English Premier League Soccer

   • John S. Croucher

   Pages 43-57

6. Modelling and Forecasting Match Results in the English Premier League and Football League

   • Stephen Dobson, John Goddard

   Pages 59-77

7. Restructuring the Belgian Professional Football League: A Location-Allocation Solution

   • Trudo Dejonghe

   Pages 79-100

8. The Best Systems for Appointing Referees

   • Jaime Gil Lafuente

   Pages 101-120

9. Fashion Accessory, Social Identity or Tribal Uniform?

   • Nick Wilde

   Pages 121-130

10. Modeling a Baseball Game to Optimize Pitcher Substitution Strategies Using Dynamic Programming

    • Nobuyoshi Hirotsu, Mike Wright

    Pages 131-161

11. Mega Deal? A Relative Performance Analysis for Major League Baseball Players

    • Chii-Dean Lin, Richard A. Levine

    Pages 163-184

12. Market Inefficiencies in Player Head to Head Betting on the 2003 Cricket World Cup

    • Michael J. Bailey, Stephen R. Clarke

    Pages 185-201

13. Searching for Patterns in Sports Contests

    • Tim McGarry

    Pages 203-223

14. Track and Field Performance Data and Prediction Models: Promises and Fallacies

    • Yuanlong Liu

    Pages 225-233

15. Using Response Surface Models for Evolutionary Estimation of Optimum Running Times

    • Wei-Han Tan

    Pages 235-242

16. Solving Sports Scheduling and Timetabling Problems with Constraint Programming

    • Abderrahmane Aggoun, Alkis Vazacopoulos

    Pages 243-264

17. Collaboration Networks in Sports

    • Vladimir Boginski, Sergiy Butenko, Panos M. Pardalos, Oleg Prokopyev

    Pages 265-277

18. The Holdup System for Grouping Minor Hockey Participants Into Age Divisions

    • William Hurley

    Pages 279-288

19. Promotion and Relegation in Rent Seeking Contests

    • Stefan Szymanski

    Pages 289-300

Ever since the first Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, sports have become an integral part of human civilization. The last decade has been commemorated by the centennial celebration of the modern Olympic movement. With great anticipation, the Olympics return to Athens, Greece, and we are once again reminded that we live in one of the most exciting periods in the history of sports. Reflecting back on my years of service as the International Olympic Com­ mittee president, I cannot overlook the remarkable changes that have taken place in the world of sports during these two decades. The technological de­ velopment and consequent globalization of the world economy opened up a window of new opportunities for the sports industry. As a result, manage­ ment, economics, and other sciences have become a significant part of modern sports. It is my pleasure to introduce this volume comprising an interesting collec­ tion of papers dealing with various aspects of management, economics and optimization applied to sports. May this book serve as a valuable source of information to researchers and practitioners as well as to casual readers look­ ing for a deeper insight into the magnificent world of sports.

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Economics
• Football
• Management
• Operations Research
• Optimization
• Soccer
• Sports

• Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

  Sergiy Butenko

• Department of Economics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  Jaime Gil-Lafuente

• Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  Panos M. Pardalos

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