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Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports

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Editors:
  1. Sergiy Butenko

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

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  2. Jaime Gil-Lafuente

    1. Department of Economics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  3. Panos M. Pardalos

    1. Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  • Contains cases in major fields in sports such as soccer, football, baseball, cricket and hockey

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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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