Measuring competitive balance in sports leagues that award bonus points, with an application to rugby union

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.064OpenAlexW4319072587MaRDI QIDQ6167639

Francisco Triguero-Ruiz, P. Dorian Owen, Antonio Avila-Cano

Publication date: 10 July 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.064

zbMATH Keywords

OR in sportsHerfindahl-Hirschman indexcompetitive balanceexact solution procedurerugby union

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations research and management science (90Bxx)

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