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Scheduling the Chilean Soccer League by Integer Programming

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  • Guillermo Durán

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Mario Guajardo

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Jaime Miranda

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Denis Sauré

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Sebastián Souyris

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Andres Weintraub

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

  • Rodrigo Wolf

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)

Abstract

Since 2005, Chile's professional soccer league has used a game-scheduling system that is based on an integer linear programming model. The Chilean league managers considered several operational, economic, and sporting criteria for the final tournaments' scheduling. Thus, they created a highly constrained problem that had been, in practice, unsolvable using their previous methodology. This led to the adoption of a model that used some techniques that were new in soccer-league sports scheduling. The schedules they generated provided the teams with benefits such as lower costs, higher incomes, and fairer seasons. In addition, the tournaments were more attractive to sports fans. The success of the new scheduling system has completely fulfilled the expectations of the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP), the organization for Chilean professional soccer.

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  • Guillermo Durán & Mario Guajardo & Jaime Miranda & Denis Sauré & Sebastián Souyris & Andres Weintraub & Rodrigo Wolf, 2007. "Scheduling the Chilean Soccer League by Integer Programming," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 37(6), pages 539-552, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:37:y:2007:i:6:p:539-552
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.1070.0318
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