This book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling tournament problem, carryover minimization, breaks minimization, tournament design, tournament planning, and referee assignment. A rich selection of...

Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Chapter 2: Makespan minimization for two-machine open shops -- Chapter 3: General open shop scheduling -- Chapter 4: Multiprocessor operations -- Chapter 5: Concurrent open shops -- Chapter 6: Open shop scheduling with simultaneity constraints -- Chapter 7:...