Sport is
a significant branch of the entertainment industry, and
interest in it is growing, both among the general public
and among operational researchers. There are opportunities
for operational researchers to work with the sports industry,
tackle interesting decision problems in this industry,
to publish research applied to sport, and to generate
good publicity for OR. The so-called "Duckworth
Lewis method", used for setting revised targets
in rain-interrupted one-day cricket matches, is a case
in point. Sport itself requires little definition; we
just note that the terms sport and the sports industry
will be interpreted liberally and contributions are welcome
for a broad range of sports, games and pastimes, from
a broad range of perpectives.
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