Devriesere, Karel and Csató, László and Goossens, Dries (2025) Tournament design: A review from an operational research perspective. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, 324 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 0377-2217
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Abstract
Every sport needs rules. Tournament design refers to the rules that determine how a tournament, a series of games between a number of competitors, is organized. This study aims to provide an overview of the tournament design literature from the perspective of operational research. Three important design criteria are discussed: efficacy and effectivity, fairness, and attractiveness. Our survey classifies the papers discussing these properties according to the main components of tournament design: format, seeding, draw, scheduling, and ranking. We also outline several open questions and promising directions for future research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GV Recreation Leisure / szabadidő, szórakozás > GV557-GV558 Sport and fitness sciences / Sport és fitnessztudományok Q Science / természettudomány > QA Mathematics / matematika > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science / számítástechnika, számítógéptudomány |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2025 15:23 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Sep 2025 06:22 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/223599 |
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