ALLOCATING GAMES FOR THE NHL USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING

Authors
FLEURENT C FERLAND JA
Citation
C. Fleurent et Ja. Ferland, ALLOCATING GAMES FOR THE NHL USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING, Operations research, 41(4), 1993, pp. 649-654
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Management,"Operatione Research & Management Science","Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
Operations research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0030364X
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
649 - 654
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-364X(1993)41:4<649:AGFTNU>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In recent years, the National Hockey League (NHL) expanded from 21 to 24 teams. In order to accommodate its scheduling process, the league h ad to determine new game allocations, that is, the number of times the teams play against each other. This paper introduces a procedure base d on integer linear programming that generates several game allocation scenarios that have been presented to the league managers. The model takes into account the constraints specified by the NHL, and the objec tive function allows the league managers to specify their preference o n the distribution of the games.