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Operational Research Applied to Sports / edited by Mike Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- OR Essentials, 2946-2908
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International business enterprises.
- Production management.
- Strategic planning.
- Leadership.
- Operations research.
- International economic relations.
- Sports sciences.
- International Business.
- Operations Management.
- Business Strategy and Leadership.
- Operations Research and Decision Theory.
- International Economics.
- Sport Science.
- Local Subjects:
- International Business.
- Operations Management.
- Business Strategy and Leadership.
- Operations Research and Decision Theory.
- International Economics.
- Sport Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Summary:
- Through key research papers from Palgrave's Journal of Operational Research, this book showcases how Operational Research can be applied to sports in a variety of ways, including: timetabling fixtures; scheduling officials; forecasting outcomes; optimizing tactics and strategy; analyzing the effects of rules and laws; planning issues, and performance measurement. The introductory chapter provides a broad overview with an examination of how this area has developed over time, and a look at its wide ranging applications to sports including football, tennis and cricket etc.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137534675
- 1137534672
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