Special issue on operations research in sport

摘要

I am most thankful to Gilbert Laporte for the opportunity to edit this special issue of Computers and Operations Research. I am especially grateful to the authors who submitted. The present collection is a good cross-section of the cutting edge of operations research in sports. It begins with a number of scheduling/timetabling papers. Also included are papers on computing streak probabilities, an analysis of a curling paradox and an ancient Chinese horse race problem, ranking Olympic achievements, and an interesting betting/gambling paper. I have learned a lot from each of these papers. I hope that readers of Computers and Operations Research will also enjoy them.