Post by jc on Jun 11, 2012 20:01:00 GMT -5
Interesting article on how MLB umpires are scheduled
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103524.htm
Note up until a few years ago in was on only and Excel spreadsheet
Also, note the following on scheduling constraints:
Good read...computers again to the rescue... ;D
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103524.htm
Note up until a few years ago in was on only and Excel spreadsheet
Also, note the following on scheduling constraints:
MLB teams play 2,430 games (in two- to four-game series) during a six-month season, with each game officiated by a four-person crew. Scheduling these crews is difficult, Yildiz said, due to a host of constraints such as union-mandated vacations and league rules that regulate, for example, coast-to-coast travel and potential overexposure to individual teams (to help avoid this, each umpire crew should, among other things, travel to all 30 ballparks at least once during a season, according to MLB).
Yildiz and his fellow researchers set out to develop methods to create better schedules while accounting for the myriad constraints. To test their methods quickly, Yildiz and Trick identified the key issues for scheduling and disregarded idiosyncratic constraints such as an umpire's preferred vacation dates. This allowed them to test alternative methods using simulated data.
Yildiz and his fellow researchers set out to develop methods to create better schedules while accounting for the myriad constraints. To test their methods quickly, Yildiz and Trick identified the key issues for scheduling and disregarded idiosyncratic constraints such as an umpire's preferred vacation dates. This allowed them to test alternative methods using simulated data.
Good read...computers again to the rescue... ;D
