Efficacy of traditional sport tournament structures

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-74

  McGarry, T ^a   Schutz, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Probability; Simulation; Sports; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICS;

KNOCKOUT; ROUND ROBIN; SPORTS; TOURNAMENTS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0030646053     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600330     Document Type: Article

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