Title
Scheduling the Valley Baseball League
Department, Center, or Institute
English
Presentation Format
Oral Panel Presentation
Presentation Type
On-campus research
Description
In this sports analytics project, an optimal schedule for the Valley Baseball League located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is produced. All team specific requests, such as facility availability and requested road trips, in addition to league mandates, including travel limits and an equitable distribution of off-days, are included in the schedule. Furthermore, the single best revenue generating schedule is captured. Specialized software and modest hardware is used to output the schedule in less than a minute, saving dozens of hours of employee time.
Department Organized Oral Session Title
Interdisciplinary Presentations Group 1
Moderator/Professor
Michele Speitz, English
Session Number
1
Start Date and Time
4-9-2019 9:45 AM
Location
Furman Hall 109
Recommended Citation
Boswell, John Michael, "Scheduling the Valley Baseball League" (2019). Furman Engaged!. 359.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furmanengaged/2019/all/359
Scheduling the Valley Baseball League
Furman Hall 109
In this sports analytics project, an optimal schedule for the Valley Baseball League located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia is produced. All team specific requests, such as facility availability and requested road trips, in addition to league mandates, including travel limits and an equitable distribution of off-days, are included in the schedule. Furthermore, the single best revenue generating schedule is captured. Specialized software and modest hardware is used to output the schedule in less than a minute, saving dozens of hours of employee time.