Minimizing game score violations in college football rankings

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Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 483-496

  Coleman, B Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Programming: integer; Recreation and sports

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EID: 29444432376     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1050.0172     Document Type: Article

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