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TY - JOUR
T1 - OR analysis of sporting rules
T2 - a survey
AU - Wright, Mike
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, European Journal of Operational Research 232 (1), 2014, © ELSEVIER.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - This paper surveys the academic OR/analytics literature describing research into the laws and rules of sports and sporting competitions. The literature is divided into post hoc analyses and proposals for future changes, and is also divided into laws/rules of sports themselves and rules/organisation of tournaments or competitions.The survey outlines a large number of studies covering 21 sports in many parts of the world. The analytical approaches most commonly used are found to be various forms of regression analysis and simulation. Issues highlighted by this survey include the different views of what constitutes fairness and the frequency with which changes produce unintended consequences.
AB - This paper surveys the academic OR/analytics literature describing research into the laws and rules of sports and sporting competitions. The literature is divided into post hoc analyses and proposals for future changes, and is also divided into laws/rules of sports themselves and rules/organisation of tournaments or competitions.The survey outlines a large number of studies covering 21 sports in many parts of the world. The analytical approaches most commonly used are found to be various forms of regression analysis and simulation. Issues highlighted by this survey include the different views of what constitutes fairness and the frequency with which changes produce unintended consequences.
KW - OR in Sport
KW - Review
KW - Survey
KW - Analytics
KW - Rules
KW - Tournaments
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.043
DO - 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.043
M3 - Literature review
VL - 232
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - European Journal of Operational Research
JF - European Journal of Operational Research
SN - 0377-2217
IS - 1
ER -