When sports rules go awry

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.050zbMath1394.90407OpenAlexW2468343956WikidataQ59569412 ScholiaQ59569412MaRDI QIDQ1752815

Liam J. A. Lenten, Graham Kendall

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49528/

zbMATH Keywords

sportincentivesstrategies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of game theory (91A80) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02)

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