A multi-agent framework to build integer programming applications to playoff elimination in sports tournaments

摘要

This work describes a multi-agent framework for developing autonomous applications of integer programming to playoff qualification and elimination problems in sports tournaments. These applications involve collecting results from several sources, processing them, and publishing a report on the situation of each team taking part in the competition, regarding qualification and elimination statistics. An instance of this framework was created to follow the Brazilian national football tournament, showing very good results in practice in terms of ease of use; speed of update, processing and publication; and attractiveness to the users.