Sports Scheduling and the Practice of
Operations Research
Michael Trick
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
March 4, 2009
7:00 pm, Willey Hall 125 Map
6:00pm Reception at Willey Hall Atrium
Abstract:
Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar per year
industry that
relies heavily on the quality of its schedule. Teams, fans, TV
networks, and even political parties (in a way revealed in the
talk)
rely on the schedule for profits and enjoyment. Only recently
have
the computational tools of operations research been powerful
enough to
address the issue of finding "optimal" schedules. Trick will
discuss
his experiences in scheduling college basketball, major league
baseball, and other sports, and show how operations research is
revolutionizing the way sports scheduling is done.
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mathematicians and
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the role mathematics is playing in understanding our world and
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