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National Basketball Association Scheduling Simulation
National Basketball Association Scheduling Simulation 21-393 Final Project, Fall 2016 Shengqi Chai, Yutong Li, Liyunshu Qian, Ming Yang Department of Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Background and Problem Description III. Solution IV. Results V. Conclusion VI. Reference Page 1 of 12 I. Abstract Sport scheduling is a complex task in the presence of a myriad of conflicting requirements and preferences. In this work, our primary goal is to find a feasible and approximately optimal schedule in terms of travel distance for the 30 teams in National Basketball Association. We focus on the schedule for the regular season, which usually spans over a 5-month duration. Existing approaches to build a schedule from scratch tends to suffer from substantial runtime overhead. In particular, it is computationally infeasible to solve the problem directly using linear programming and constraint programming due to the complicate formats and rules for NBA scheduling. Thus for the sake of simplification, we adopted assumptions so that integer programming is applicable. Additionally, we approached the problem using divide and conquer to reduce computational complexity. Apart from Operations Research techniques, methods from Machine Learning and Data Collection are also exploited in finding the solution. Our approach yields reliable schedules in a reasonable runtime, and the algorithm should be applicable, with slight modifications, to any scheduling problems in single-round robin or double-round robin fashion. II. Problem Background National Basketball Association is the preeminent men’s professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered as one of the best basketball leagues in the world. -
Grand Prix Freestyle FEI Dressage World Cup
D02 - Int. dressage competition - Grand Prix Freestyle FEI Dressage World Cup™ Qualifier 2019/2020 presented by VriendenLoterij Test: FEI Grand Prix Freestyle Edition 1999, revision 2009, update 2017 Saturday, 25. January 2020 - 12.15 hrs O F F I C I A L R E S U L T Pos. Rider Nation E H C M B Total Horse No. 1. Isabell Werth A 85.000 83.000 85.250 85.500 84.250 B 95.800 94.600 96.800 97.200 95.400 388 Weihegold OLD GER 90.280 black / 15y / M / Blue Hors Don Schufro / Sandro Hit / OLDBG / 102ZI90 / Christine Arns-Krogmann % 90.400 88.800 91.025 91.350 89.825 388 (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) 13,750.00 EUR 2. Charlotte Dujardin A 85.500 81.250 86.750 84.000 84.750 B 95.800 93.400 94.400 94.800 94.400 393 Mount St John Freestyle GBR 89.505 dbay / 11y / M / Fidermark / Donnerhall 11 / HANN / 105BZ34 / Emma & Jill Blundell % 90.650 87.325 90.575 89.400 89.575 393 (1) (3) (2) (2) (2) 10,000.00 EUR 3. Edward Gal A 82.500 77.750 82.000 81.000 79.000 B 89.800 91.800 92.400 89.600 88.000 381 Glock's Zonik N.O.P. NED 85.385 bay / 12y / S / Blue Hors Zack / Romanov / DWB / 104AW69 / Glock Hpc Nl B.V. % 86.150 84.775 87.200 85.300 83.500 381 (3) (4) (3) (3) (5) 7,500.00 EUR 4. Jessica von Bredow-Werndl A 82.000 77.750 80.500 76.250 78.000 B 89.400 91.200 93.600 91.200 90.400 376 Zaire-E GER 85.030 bay / 16y / M / Son de Niro / Jazz / KWPN / 102VM17 / Aubenhausen GbR % 85.700 84.475 87.050 83.725 84.200 376 (4) (5) (4) (4) (3) 5,625.00 EUR 5. -
May Newsletter 2014.Pdf
A Monthly Publication of the Potomac Valley Dressage Association • MAY 2014 • Vol. 50, Issue 5 Send your 2014 Calendar Items to [email protected]. Calendar JUNE 2014 Deadline: MAY 10 Calendar Editor: Jocelyn Pearson of Events www.pvda.org for complete calendar PVDA Schooling Shows on separate calendar at Sunset Bay Farm, Onancock, Va. Contact ChesapeakeDressage.com or call 410-267-7174 May [email protected] or 757-302-0224 NAJYRC in Lexington, Ky. www. CDCTA Licensed Show at Morven Park, 15-20 3-4 25-26 Dressage at Heavenly Waters, Licensed usdf.org Leesburg, Va. See www.cdcta.com Show. See www.usdfregion1.org WindCrest Farm Schooling Show, Dressage at The Meadow. See 19 3-4 31-June 1 Adult Team Competition South hosted by Clarksburg, Md. An evening schooling show in a usdfregion1.org NCDCTA in Raleigh, N.C. See www.usdfregion1.org friendly and fun setting. Avoid the July sun, join 4 Shore Dressage Chapter Dressage Clinic 31-FADS at Sugarloaf Equestrian Center, Boyds, us for dressage with wine and cheese. Contact with Deri Jeffers at Sunset Bay Farm, Md. See www.frederickdressage.org Dede Bierbrauer, 301-972-5102 or windcrestii@ Onancock, Va. Contact [email protected] or aol.com 757-302-0224 June 19 Hope Floats Equestrian Dressage Show Afternoon Dressage Clinic with Felicitas 6 6-8 VADAnova Licensed Show at Morven Park, Series, Show 2. See show info and registration at Von Neumann Cosel at Equidistance Horse www.hopefloatsequestrian.com Center. Free auditing and no trailer-in fee for Leesburg, Va. See www.vadanova.org Schooling Show at Begin Again Farm, those who want to ride. -
Selection Policy
Selection Policy TOTAL BWF THOMAS & UBER CUP FINALS 2020 (held in 2021) 9-17 October 2021 Aarhus, Denmark o Regulation Team size: Minimum 4 Men and 4 Women; maximum 10 Men and 10 Women (subject to qualification &/or invitation from Reserve List – Men’s Team have currently qualified) o Team Event Format: 3MS, 2MD: 3WS, 2WD o Selection Date: 16 August 2021 o Confirmed Team Announcement: 30 August 2021 Players selected for the above event must commit to all Badminton England Team preparations and competition plans. 1. POLICY OBJECTIVE 1.1. Primary Objective 1.1.1 To select the strongest available team that can achieve the Performance Objective at the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020. In the instance that the players selected under 1.1 do not provide us with sufficient cover for all events at these Championships, further selection of players will be completed under the following secondary objective; 1.2 Secondary Objective 1.2.1 To expose players who can contribute to future medal success at Team Championships Finals 2. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE 2.1. To achieve a minimum of one win against a Team World Ranked higher 3. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY 3.1. To be considered for selection under this policy, a player must be eligible to represent Badminton England under Badminton World Federation (BWF) regulations in place from time to time, including but not limited to: 3.1.1 Be an affiliated member of Badminton England 3.1.2 Hold a passport of a country whose territory Badminton England has jurisdiction over 3.1.3 Have not represented any other Member -
Team Selection Policy Total Bwf
TEAM SELECTION POLICY TOTAL BWF THOMAS & UBER CUP FINALS (UBER CUP ONLY) 9-17 OCTOBER 2021 1. SELECTION OBJECTIVES: 1.1 Select a team capable of challenging for team medals at major championships. 1.2 Select a team that will gain experience to aid in their development for future Scottish teams; and individual honours at major events. 2. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY: 2.1 To be considered for selection the player must be eligible to represent Badminton Scotland under Badminton World Federation (BWF) regulations at the time 2.2 Players must be affiliated to Badminton Scotland. 2.3 Athletes wishing to be considered for International representation must enter both the Scottish Open and Scottish National Championships. Exemption from this will be at the discretion of the Head Coach and based around appropriateness for the athlete’s individual plan. 3. SELECTIONS Before this specific event was postponed from the original date in 2020, a selection had already been made in a selection meeting held on 12th of August 2020. The following 7 players were selected in that meeting: Kirsty Gilmour Rachel Sugden Lauren Middleton Julie MacPherson Ciara Torrance Eleanor O’Donnell Rachel Andrew The selection for the 2021 event will be a review of the originally selected team to ensure that the selected team will still be capable of achieving Badminton Scotland’s objectives for the Uber Cup finals. The approach will be that the original selection will be upheld unless the selection panel sees significant reasons for a change in selection to achieve the event objectives. 3.1 The Selection Panel for this event will consist of the National Head Coach, Chair of the Performance Committee, one BadmintonScotland Performance Coach and a non-voting observer from the Performance Committee. -
2018 Calendar
2018 Calendar 18 January Lausanne - Switzerland EOC Executive Committee Meeting EOC From 02 February to 03 February Altenberg - Germany 2018 Junior World Luge Championships FIL From 03 February to 05 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea IOC Executive Board Meeting IOC 05 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea Opening Ceremony of the 132nd IOC Session IOC From 06 February to 08 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea 132nd IOC Session IOC From 09 February to 25 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea Winter Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 POCOG 2018 09 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games POCOG 2018 From 22 February to 25 February London - England 2018 ITTF Team World Cup ITTF 25 February PyeongChang - Republic of Korea Closing Ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games POCOG 2018 From 28 February to 04 March Apeldoorn - The Netherlands 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI - Page 1 of 11 - Last update: 28 August 2018 From 02 March to 04 March Birmingham - United Kindom 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships IAAF From 09 March to 18 March PyeongChang - Republic of Korea Winter Paralympic Games PyeongChang 2018 POCOG 2018 From 16 March to 18 March Montreal - Canada 2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships ISU From 17 March to 25 March North Bay, Canada 2018 World Womens Curling Championship WCF From 21 March to 25 March Milan - Italy 2018 ISU World Figure Skating Championships ISU From 21 March to 23 March Lausanne - Switzerland WADA Annual Symposium WADA 22 March -
July/August 2021/5781 President’S Message - Kelli Caplan It’S Summer and the UJC Is Alive with the Sound of Camp! All Wed to the UJC for Different Reasons
Dog Days of In the Box Series: Cooking with Summer Beach in a Box Carmela: Challah Page 4 Page 11 Page 19 News of the Jewish VA Peninsula Community July/August 2021/5781 President’s Message - Kelli Caplan It’s summer and the UJC is alive with the sound of camp! all wed to the UJC for different reasons. It Oh, how glorious it is to see and hear our youth having was fantastic to see such a gathering, and such a wonderful time at Camp Chaverim. Waching the drove home the importance of what we UJC come to life again with tie-dye clad children sporting do. What everyone had in common that huge smiles can boost anyone’s mood. It’s day was a smile and an life returning to normal, just what we all appreciation for our center and its ongoing needed. effort to improve year after year. Camp is just one way that the UJC has At the annual meeting, we also recognized shone brightly this year. We have worked an impressive number of volunteers. We hard to ensure that we stayed connected have a virtual army of members willing to during the past year. And it has worked. step up and help out when needed. That The energy at the UJC is as robust as ever. army powers our progress and deepens There are so many facets of life here that our connections. Without our volunteers, have blossomed in the face of adversity. we are like an octopus without tentacles. They add to all that we do, and brighten Our outreach and programming has our light out in the community. -
Pioneering E-Sport: the Experience Economy and the Marketing of Early 1980S Arcade Gaming Contests
International Journal of Communication 7 (2013), 2254-2274 1932–8036/20130005 Pioneering E-Sport: The Experience Economy and the Marketing of Early 1980s Arcade Gaming Contests MICHAEL BOROWY DAL YONG JIN Simon Fraser University This article sets out to historicize the development of e-sport (organized competitive digital gaming) in the early 1980s using three new conceptual frameworks. We identify e-sport as an accompaniment of the broader embryonic gamer culture, a hallmark of the “experience economy” concept, and as a succession of consumer practices whose development was coterminous with the rise of event marketing as a leading promotional business strategy. By examining the origins of e-sport as both a marketized event and experiential commodity, we see this period as a transitory era bridging different phases in the areas of sports, marketing, and technology, resulting in the expansion of competitive cyberathleticism. Keywords: e-sport, professional gamer, arcade, experience economy, event marketing, video games, public events Introduction In the early 2000s, competitive player-versus-player digital game play (henceforth e-sports) has been a heavily promoted feature of overall gamer culture. Although e-sport—known as an electronic sport and the leagues in which players compete through networked games and related activities (Jin, 2010)— has existed since the early 1980s, the increased attention toward the activity in the 21st century has signaled that the gaming industry is adopting more flexible avenues of public event consumption with the goal of generating higher profit margins. While stand-alone e-sports events are common, their use as adjuncts of other industry events, including major trade shows, press conferences, and even traveling orchestras, demonstrates that competitive gaming continues to play a major role in the machinery of game industry event marketing. -
The Transition and Transformation of Badminton Into a Globalized Game
Title The transition and transformation of badminton into a globalized game, 1893-2012: A study of the trials and tribulations of Malaysian badminton players competing for Thomas Cup and Olympic gold medals Author(s) Lim Peng Han Source 8th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC8), Selangor, Malaysia, 9 - 11 July 2012 Organised by Malaysian Social Science Association © 2012 Malaysian Social Science Association Citation: Lim, P. H. (2012). The transition and transformation of badminton into a globalized game: A study of the trials and tribulations of Malaysian badminton players competing for Thomas Cup and Olympic gold medals. In Mohd Hazim Shah & Saliha Hassan (Eds.), MSC8 proceedings: Selected full papers (pp. 172 - 187). Kajang, Selangor: Malaysian Social Science Association. Archived with permission from the copyright owner. 4 The Transition and Transformation of Badminton into a Globalised Game, 1893-2012: A Study on the Trials and Tribulations of Malaysian Badminton Players Competing for Thomas Cup and the Olympic Gold Medals Lim Peng Han Department of Information Science Loughborough University Introduction Badminton was transformed as a globalised game in four phases. The first phase began with the founding of the International Badminton Federation in 1934 and 17 badminton associations before the Second World War. The second phase began after the War with the first Thomas Cup contest won by Malaya in 1949. From 1946 to 1979, Malaysia won the Cup 4 times and Indonesia, 7 times. In 1979 twenty-six countries competed for the Cup. The third phase began with China's membership into the IBF in 1981. From 1982 to 2010 China won the Thomas Cup 8 times, Indonesia won 6 times and Malaysia, only once. -
TDSSA Expert Group Approved By: WADA Executive Committee Date: 145 November 20187 Effective Date: 1 January 20198
WADA Technical Document for Sport Specific Analysis Version Number:4.03.1 Written By: TDSSA Expert Group Approved By: WADA Executive Committee Date: 145 November 20187 Effective Date: 1 January 20198 1. Introduction As part of WADA’s move towards ensuring Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) implement more intelligent and effective anti-doping programs, Article 5.4.1 of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code (WADC2015) states – “WADA, in consultation with International Federations and other Anti-Doping Organizations, will adopt a Technical Document under the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI) that establishes by means of a risk assessment which Prohibited Substances and/or Prohibited Methods are most likely to be abused in particular sports and sports disciplines.” This Technical Document for Sport Specific Analysis (TDSSA) is intended to ensure that the Prohibited Substances and/or Prohibited Methods within the scope of the TDSSA and other tools that support the detection of Prohibited Substances and/or identify the Use of Prohibited Methods such as the Athlete Biological Passport are subject to an appropriate and consistent level of analysis and adoption by all ADOs that conduct Testing in those sports/disciplines deemed at risk. Compliance with the TDSSA is mandatory under the WADC2015. The development of the TDSSA is based on a scientific approach linking physiological and non- physiological demand of Athlete performance with the potential ergogenic benefit of those Prohibited Substances and/or Prohibited Methods within the scope of the TDSSA. The TDSSA complements other anti-doping tools and programs such as the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), intelligence gathering and investigations. -
Season Seat Holder Retention in Minor League Baseball
St. John Fisher College Fisher Digital Publications Sport Management Undergraduate Sport Management Department Spring 2013 Season Seat Holder Retention in Minor League Baseball Matt Butler St. John Fisher College Follow this and additional works at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/sport_undergrad Part of the Sports Management Commons How has open access to Fisher Digital Publications benefited ou?y Recommended Citation Butler, Matt, "Season Seat Holder Retention in Minor League Baseball" (2013). Sport Management Undergraduate. Paper 93. Please note that the Recommended Citation provides general citation information and may not be appropriate for your discipline. To receive help in creating a citation based on your discipline, please visit http://libguides.sjfc.edu/citations. This document is posted at https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/sport_undergrad/93 and is brought to you for free and open access by Fisher Digital Publications at St. John Fisher College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Season Seat Holder Retention in Minor League Baseball Abstract In lieu of an abstract, here is the paper's first paragraph: In minor league (AAA) baseball the amount of season tickets sold for the season can account for at least fifteen percent of total paid attendance for the. With this in mind a sport manager may wonder what brings season ticket buyers back season after season, and what can be done to measure this occurrence. An added question for front office staff members is, do these reasons coincide with a team’s marketing strategy to maximize the amount of fans who buy season tickets? To analyze this occurrence I looked into exactly what behavior fans exhibit and their motivation to purchase. -
History of Badminton
Facts and Records History of Badminton In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort held a lawn party at his country house in the village of Badminton, Gloucestershire. A game of Poona was played on that day and became popular among British society’s elite. The new party sport became known as “the Badminton game”. In 1877, the Bath Badminton Club was formed and developed the first official set of rules. The Badminton Association was formed at a meeting in Southsea on 13th September 1893. It was the first National Association in the world and framed the rules for the Association and for the game. The popularity of the sport increased rapidly with 300 clubs being introduced by the 1920’s. Rising to 9,000 shortly after World War Π. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) was formed in 1934 with nine founding members: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France and as a consequence the Badminton Association became the Badminton Association of England. From nine founding members, the IBF, now called the Badminton World Federation (BWF), has over 160 member countries. The future of Badminton looks bright. Badminton was officially granted Olympic status in the 1992 Barcelona Games. Indonesia was the dominant force in that first Olympic tournament, winning two golds, a silver and a bronze; the country’s first Olympic medals in its history. More than 1.1 billion people watched the 1992 Olympic Badminton competition on television. Eight years later, and more than a century after introducing Badminton to the world, Britain claimed their first medal in the Olympics when Simon Archer and Jo Goode achieved Mixed Doubles Bronze in Sydney.