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Redesigning Belgian Youth Field Hockey Competitions Using an Incomplete Round-Robin Tournament

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study proposes redesigning the Belgian youth field hockey competition as an incomplete round-robin tournament to reduce travel time, a key factor in youth player retention. A fix-and-optimize heuristic is constructed to find high quality schedules, which have been used by the Belgian Royal Hockey Association since mid-season 2023/2024.

Source: INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics

DOI: 10.1287/inte.2024.0191

Authors: Karel Devriesere, Dries Goossens

Institution: Ghent University

Language: English

Topic: Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Vlaamse regering

OpenAlex ID: W4410739790