scholarly journals Are sequential round-robin tournaments discriminatory?

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Sahm
Author(s):  
Milan Radojicic ◽  
Aleksandar Djokovic ◽  
Nikola Cvetkovic

Unpredictable and uncontrollable situations have happened throughout history. Inevitably, such situations have an impact on various spheres of life. The coronavirus disease 2019 has affected many of them, including sports. The ban on social gatherings has caused the cancellation of many sports competitions. This paper proposes a methodology based on hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) that can be applied when a need occurs to end an interrupted tournament and the conditions for playing the remaining matches are far from ideal. The proposed methodology is based on how to conclude the season for Serie A, a top-division football league in Italy. The analysis showed that it is reasonable to play 14 instead of the 124 remaining matches of the 2019–2020 season to conclude the championship. The proposed methodology was tested on the past 10 seasons of the Serie A, and its effectiveness was confirmed. This novel approach can be used in any other sport where round-robin tournaments exist.


2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Briskorn ◽  
Andreas Drexl

1966 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Harary ◽  
Leo Moser

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