Redesigning Belgian Youth Field Hockey Competitions Using an Incomplete Round-Robin Tournament
This study proposes redesigning the Belgian youth field hockey competition as an incomplete round-robin tournament to reduce travel time, a key factor in youth player retention. A fix-and-optimize heuristic is constructed to find high quality schedules, which have been used by the Belgian Royal Hockey Association since mid-season 2023/2024.
Authors
- Dries Goossens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-3412)
- Karel Devriesere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-849X)
Institutions
- Ghent University (BE)
- Flanders Make (Belgium) (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2024.0191
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39
Funders
- Vlaamse regering