Artículo
Mathematical models for rescheduling Ecuador's 2020 professional football league season disrupted by COVID-19
Fecha de publicación:
06/2022
Editorial:
Akademiai Kiado ZRt.
Revista:
Society and Economy
ISSN:
1076-156x
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The year 2020 saw the world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. Countless human activities were suspended or cancelled as the virus spread across the globe. In this paper, we show how the regular season matches of Ecuador's professional football league were rescheduled due to the disruption caused by the pandemic. As with many others, this league had to reschedule its remaining games to fit within in a much shorter period of time than originally planned. To address this problem, we developed two mathematical models that designed new match calendars. The first one, a round assignment model, rescheduled the various rounds in the season still to be played while the second one, a day assignment model, took the solutions of the first model as input to assign the matches within each round to specific days. The implementation of our models secured a well-balanced number of days off before each match across all of the teams. Also, it enabled the league to conclude a full season without cancelling any matches or changing the schedule format, unlike what occurred in many other leagues, and won the approval of all stakeholders including league officials, players, team coaches, the TV broadcaster and fans.
Palabras clave:
FOOTBALL
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MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
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SPORTS ANALYTICS
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SPORTS AND PANDEMIC
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Duran, Guillermo Alfredo; Guajardo, Mario; zamorano, gonzalo; Mathematical models for rescheduling Ecuador's 2020 professional football league season disrupted by COVID-19; Akademiai Kiado ZRt.; Society and Economy; 44; 4; 6-2022; 360-377
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