Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers

Autores
Alarcón, Fernando; Duran, Guillermo Alfredo; Guajardo, Mario; Miranda, Jaime; Muñoz, Hugo; Ramírez, Luis; Ramírez, Mario; Sauré, Denis; Siebert, Matías; Souyris, Sebastián; Weintraub, Andrés; Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo; Zamorano, Gonzalo
Año de publicación
2017
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer paytelevision subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans' interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users.
Fil: Alarcón, Fernando. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Duran, Guillermo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Cálculo; Argentina
Fil: Guajardo, Mario. Norwegian School Of Economics; Noruega
Fil: Miranda, Jaime. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Muñoz, Hugo. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile
Fil: Ramírez, Luis. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile
Fil: Ramírez, Mario. Canal de Fútbol; Chile
Fil: Sauré, Denis. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Siebert, Matías. Georgia Institute of Techology; Estados Unidos
Fil: Souyris, Sebastián. University of Texas at Austin; Estados Unidos
Fil: Weintraub, Andrés. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Zamorano, Gonzalo. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Materia
Integer Programming
Scheduling
Soccer
Sports Analytics
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acceso abierto
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spelling Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiersAlarcón, FernandoDuran, Guillermo AlfredoGuajardo, MarioMiranda, JaimeMuñoz, HugoRamírez, LuisRamírez, MarioSauré, DenisSiebert, MatíasSouyris, SebastiánWeintraub, AndrésWolf Yadlin, RodrigoZamorano, GonzaloInteger ProgrammingSchedulingSoccerSports Analyticshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer paytelevision subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans' interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users.Fil: Alarcón, Fernando. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Duran, Guillermo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Cálculo; ArgentinaFil: Guajardo, Mario. Norwegian School Of Economics; NoruegaFil: Miranda, Jaime. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Muñoz, Hugo. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; ChileFil: Ramírez, Luis. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; ChileFil: Ramírez, Mario. Canal de Fútbol; ChileFil: Sauré, Denis. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Siebert, Matías. Georgia Institute of Techology; Estados UnidosFil: Souyris, Sebastián. University of Texas at Austin; Estados UnidosFil: Weintraub, Andrés. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Zamorano, Gonzalo. Universidad de Chile; ChileInforms2017-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/60309Alarcón, Fernando; Duran, Guillermo Alfredo; Guajardo, Mario; Miranda, Jaime; Muñoz, Hugo; et al.; Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers; Informs; Interfaces; 47; 1; 1-2017; 52-690092-2102CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1287/inte.2016.0861info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/inte.2016.0861info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:48:23Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/60309instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:48:24.024CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
title Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
spellingShingle Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
Alarcón, Fernando
Integer Programming
Scheduling
Soccer
Sports Analytics
title_short Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
title_full Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
title_fullStr Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
title_full_unstemmed Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
title_sort Operations research transforms the scheduling of chilean soccer leagues and south American world cup qualifiers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alarcón, Fernando
Duran, Guillermo Alfredo
Guajardo, Mario
Miranda, Jaime
Muñoz, Hugo
Ramírez, Luis
Ramírez, Mario
Sauré, Denis
Siebert, Matías
Souyris, Sebastián
Weintraub, Andrés
Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo
Zamorano, Gonzalo
author Alarcón, Fernando
author_facet Alarcón, Fernando
Duran, Guillermo Alfredo
Guajardo, Mario
Miranda, Jaime
Muñoz, Hugo
Ramírez, Luis
Ramírez, Mario
Sauré, Denis
Siebert, Matías
Souyris, Sebastián
Weintraub, Andrés
Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo
Zamorano, Gonzalo
author_role author
author2 Duran, Guillermo Alfredo
Guajardo, Mario
Miranda, Jaime
Muñoz, Hugo
Ramírez, Luis
Ramírez, Mario
Sauré, Denis
Siebert, Matías
Souyris, Sebastián
Weintraub, Andrés
Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo
Zamorano, Gonzalo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Integer Programming
Scheduling
Soccer
Sports Analytics
topic Integer Programming
Scheduling
Soccer
Sports Analytics
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer paytelevision subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans' interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users.
Fil: Alarcón, Fernando. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Duran, Guillermo Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Cálculo; Argentina
Fil: Guajardo, Mario. Norwegian School Of Economics; Noruega
Fil: Miranda, Jaime. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Muñoz, Hugo. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile
Fil: Ramírez, Luis. Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional; Chile
Fil: Ramírez, Mario. Canal de Fútbol; Chile
Fil: Sauré, Denis. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Siebert, Matías. Georgia Institute of Techology; Estados Unidos
Fil: Souyris, Sebastián. University of Texas at Austin; Estados Unidos
Fil: Weintraub, Andrés. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Wolf Yadlin, Rodrigo. Universidad de Chile; Chile
Fil: Zamorano, Gonzalo. Universidad de Chile; Chile
description For the past 12 years, the Chilean Professional Soccer Association (ANFP) has applied operations research (OR) techniques to schedule soccer leagues in Chile. Using integer programming-based methods, the ANFP decides which matches are played in each round, taking into account various objectives, such as holding down costs and ensuring engaging tournaments for the fans. It has scheduled more than 50 tournaments using this approach, resulting in an estimated direct economic impact of about $59 million, including reductions in television broadcaster operating costs, growth in soccer paytelevision subscriptions, increased ticket revenue, and lower travel costs for the teams. This application of OR has also had significant noneconomic impacts. First, the incorporation of team requirements and various sporting criteria has improved process transparency and schedule fairness, increasing fans' interest in local professional tournaments; second, because of the high portability of these techniques, they have been used successfully to schedule sports leagues in other countries (examples include volleyball and basketball in Argentina, and the South American qualifiers for the 2018 Soccer World Cup). Furthermore, the models and methods used in this scheduling application have been disseminated widely, helping to promote OR as an effective tool for addressing practical problems. Our outreach activities have reached thousands of high school and university students in four countries and a more general audience of millions of television viewers and Internet users.
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