Operations Research Transforms the Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup Qualifiers
| Autor: | Gonzalo Andres Zamorano, Jaime Miranda, Rodrigo Wolf-Yadlin, Fernando Alarcón, Hugo Muñoz, Guillermo Durán, Andrés Weintraub, Sebastian Souyris, Mario H Ramírez, Matías Siebert, Denis Sauré, Luis Ramírez, Mario Guajardo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Engineering Schedule Basketball Operations research Matemáticas Strategy and Management 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Management Science and Operations Research League Matemática Pura INTEGER PROGRAMMING Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business Revenue Economic impact analysis Marketing 050210 logistics & transportation 021103 operations research business.industry SPORTS ANALYTICS 05 social sciences Advertising SCHEDULING Outreach Transparency (graphic) Ticket business CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS |
| Zdroj: | Interfaces. 47:52-69 |
| ISSN: | 1526-551X 0092-2102 |
| DOI: | 10.1287/inte.2016.0861 |
| Popis: | For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer paytelevision subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans' interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users. Fil: Alarcón, Fernando. Universidad de Chile; Chile Fil: Duran, Guillermo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Cálculo; Argentina Fil: Guajardo, Mario. Norwegian School Of Economics; Noruega Fil: Miranda, Jaime. Universidad de Chile; Chile Fil: Muñoz, Hugo. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile Fil: Ramírez, Luis. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile Fil: Ramírez, Mario. Canal de Fútbol; Chile Fil: Sauré, Denis. Universidad de Chile; Chile Fil: Siebert, Matías. Georgia Institute of Techology; Estados Unidos Fil: Souyris, Sebastián. University of Texas at Austin; Estados Unidos Fil: Weintraub, Andrés. Universidad de Chile; Chile Fil: Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo. Universidad de Chile; Chile Fil: Zamorano, Gonzalo. Universidad de Chile; Chile |
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