INFORMATICA International Journal Main Page Editorial Board Abstracting/Indexing Instructions to Authors Subscription Information Contents Author Index Papers in Production		INFORMATICA, 2012, Vol. 23, No. 3, 357-368 © Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, ISSN 0868-4952 Spreadsheet-Based Simulation Models for Decision Support: Case of Strategic Pairings in Sport Tournaments with Match Play for Team Competition James K. HO Information & Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60607, USA E-mail: jimho@uic.edu Abstract In sport tournaments where teams compete in match play format, the pairing of players in matches is critical to the final outcomes. This paper presents simulation models using only commonplace spreadsheet software to analyze and compare strategies in such pairings based on actual or estimated performance of individual players. The approach can be a useful decision support tool for captains and coaches of competing teams in collegiate conferences, club leagues, or international sport tournaments. Keywords: spreadsheet-based decision support, simulation models; sport tournament, match play, team competition, pairing strategy To preview Lithuanian abstract see full article text To preview full article text in PDF format click here You could obtain free Acrobat Reader from Adobe
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