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Professor Mike Wright

Emeritus Professor

  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Simulating the progression of a professional snooker frame

    Collingwood, J., Wright, M. & Brooks, R., 16/09/2023, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 309, 3, p. 1286-1299 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2022
  4. Published

    Evaluating the effectiveness of different player rating systems in predicting the results of professional snooker matches

    Collingwood, J., Wright, M. & Brooks, R., 1/02/2022, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 296, 3, p. 1025-1035 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 2019
  6. Published

    A Largest Empty Hypersphere Metaheuristic for Robust Optimisation with Implementation Uncertainty

    Hughes, M., Goerigk, M. & Wright, M. B., 03/2019, In: Computers and Operations Research. 103, p. 64-80 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 2018
  8. Published

    Scheduling an amateur cricket league over a 9-year period

    Wright, M. B., 2018, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 69, 11, p. 1854-1862 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2015
  10. Published

    Capacity and lead-time management when demand for service is seasonal and lead-time sensitive

    Nguyen, T.-H. & Wright, M. B., 1/12/2015, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 247, 2, p. 588-595 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Operational research applied to sports

    Wright, M. B., 5/08/2015, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 250 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  12. 2014
  13. Published

    Variable neighborhood search for the workload balancing problem in service enterprises

    Nguyen, T. & Wright, M., 12/2014, In: Computers and Operations Research. 52, Part B, p. 282-290 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    OR analysis of sporting rules: a survey

    Wright, M., 1/01/2014, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 232, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  15. Published

    Prior analysis and scheduling of the 2011 Rugby Union ITM Cup in New Zealand.

    Wright, M. & Johnston, M., 2014, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 65, 8, p. 1292-1300 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 2012
  17. Published

    OR Analysis of Sporting Rules – a survey

    Wright, M., 29/11/2012, p. 1-20, 20 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  18. Published

    Prior analysis and scheduling of the 2011 Rugby Union ITM Cup in New Zealand

    Wright, M. & Johnston, M., 29/11/2012, Lancaster: Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, p. 1-16, 16 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  19. Published

    Scheduling cricket umpires using neighbourhood search – the dramatic impact of a simple change in neighbourhood definition

    Wright, M., 29/11/2012, Lancaster: Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, p. 1-11, 11 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  20. 2010
  21. Published

    Automating Parameter Choice For Simulated Annealing

    Wright, M. B., 2010, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  22. Published

    OR/MS applied to cricket

    Wright, M. B., 2010, Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  23. Published

    Scheduling Super Rugby

    Wright, M. & Johnston, M., 2010, p. 386-395. 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  24. Published

    Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures

    Wright, M. B., 2010, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  25. 2009
  26. Published

    Fifty years of operational research in sport

    Wright, M. B., 2009, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 60, p. 161-168 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    OR in sport

    Wright, M. B., 2009, In: IFORS Newsletter. p. 4-5 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    OR/MS applied to cricket

    Wright, M. B., 2009, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  29. 2008
  30. Published

    Preface: Combinatorial optimization

    Clark, A., Eglese, R., Letchford, A. & Wright, M., 2008, In: Discrete Applied Mathematics. 156, 3, p. 289-290 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  31. Published

    Using particle swarm optimization to determine visit times in community nurse timetabling

    Martin, K. & Wright, M. B., 2008, 7th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automatic Timetabling (Montreal) - 2008. N/A: unknown

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  32. 2007
  33. Published

    A branch-and-bound algorithm for finding all optimal solutions of the assignment problem

    Fu, Z., Eglese, R. W. & Wright, M. B., 2007, In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research. 24, 6, p. 831-839 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Case study: problem formulation and solution for a real-world sports scheduling problem

    Wright, M. B., 2007, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 58, 4, p. 439-445 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Experiments to shed light on the best way to use Iterated Local Search for a complex combinatorial problem

    Wright, M. B., 2007, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  36. 2006
  37. Published

    Modeling tactical changes of formation in association football as a zero-sum game

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2006, In: Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. 2, 2, p. Article 4

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Scheduling fixtures for Basketball New Zealand

    Wright, M. B., 2006, In: Computers and Operations Research. 33, 7, p. 1875-1893 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. 2005
  40. Published

    Modelling a baseball game to optimize pitcher substitution strategies incorporating handedness of players

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2005, In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 16, 2, p. 179-194 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Modelling tactical changes of formation in association football as a zero-sum game

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2005, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  42. Published

    Scheduling fixtures for New Zealand Cricket

    Wright, M. B., 2005, In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 16, 2, p. 99-112 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Subset moves based simulated annealing applied to the one-dimensional layout problem

    Camatta, A., Wright, M. B. & Amaral, A. R. S., 2005, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  44. 2004
  45. Published

    A branch-and-bound algorithm for finding all optimal solutions of the assignment problem

    Fu, Z., Eglese, R. W. & Wright, M. B., 2004, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  46. Published

    A rich model for scheduling umpires for an amateur cricket league

    Wright, M. B., 2004, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  47. Published

    Modeling a baseball game to optimize pitcher substitution strategies using dynamic programming

    Wright, M. B. & Hirotsu, N., 2004, Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports. Berlin: Springer, p. 131-162 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  48. 2003
  49. Published

    A dynamic programming approach to finding optimal pitcher substitution strategies in a baseball game

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  50. Published

    A Markov Chain approach to optimal pinch hitting strategies in a designated hitter rule baseball game

    Wright, M. B. & Hirotsu, N., 2003, In: Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan. 46, 3, p. 353-371 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    An evaluation of characteristics of teams in association football by using a Markov process model

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2003, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician). 52, 4, p. 591-602 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    An evaluation of characteristics of teams in association football using a Markov process model

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  53. Published

    An overview of neighbourhood search metaheuristics

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  54. Published

    Batty over cricket

    Rand, G. K., Wright, M. B. & Lewis, T., 2003, In: Operations Research Management Science Today. 30, 2, p. 42-45 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Determining the best strategy for changing the configuration of a football team

    Wright, M. B. & Hirotsu, N., 2003, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 54, 8, p. 878-887 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Dynamic weight variation in metaheuristic search

    Wright, M., 2003, p. 604-604. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  57. Published

    Experiments with a plateau-rich solution space

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  58. Published

    Metaheuristic techniques for the solution of complex combinatorial problems with more than one objective

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster: Lancaster University.

    Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

  59. Published

    Modelling a baseball game to optimise pitcher substitution strategies incorporating handedness of players

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  60. Published

    Scheduling fixtures for basketball New Zealand

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  61. Published

    Scheduling fixtures for New Zealand cricket

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  62. Published

    The professional foul in football - tactics and deterrents

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2003, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 54, 3, p. 213-221 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Published

    The value of randomness in the acceptance criterion for simulated annealing

    Wright, M. B., 2003, Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, (Management Science Working Paper Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  64. 2002
  65. Published

    Compositional modelling of workflow processes

    Salimifard, K. & Wright, M. B., 2002, Proceedings of the EurAsia-ICT 2002, the First Eurasian Conference on Information and Communication Technology (Shiraz, Iran ) - 2002. Berlin: Springer, p. 289-297 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  66. Published

    Corrigendum - using a Markov process model of an association football match to determine the optimal timing of substitution and tactical decisions

    Hirotsu, N. & Wright, M. B., 2002, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 53, 10, p. 1174 1174 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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