Operational Research Applied To Sports (Or Essentials)

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.

• | Author: Mike Wright
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Aug 05, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1137534656
• | ISBN-13: 9781137534651