Inclusion regions for the spectrum of a hypertournament matrix A are obtain
ed, based on a complex curve that relates the real and imaginary parts of t
he eigenvalues. These results generalize and in certain cases improve the w
ork of S. Kirkland [Linear and Multilinear Algebra 30 (1991) 261]. The boun
ds obtained depend on the variance of the score vector: their tightness is
investigated using the notion of numerical range. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science
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