The Olympic medals ranks, lexicographic ordering, and numerical infinities

DOI10.1007/s00283-014-9511-zzbMath1329.90074arXiv1509.04313OpenAlexW2064427497MaRDI QIDQ897011

Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

Publication date: 16 December 2015

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.04313

zbMATH Keywords

lexicographic orderingOlympic Games

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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