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Scheduling the Cricket World Cup—a Case Study

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This paper describes the scheduling of the matches for the 1992 World Cup of Cricket using a heuristic method programmed in Lotus 1-2-3. The many constraints of different types precluded an analytical approach and the authors describe their method and solution.

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  1. Deakin University, Australia

    John Armstrong

  2. Monash University, Australia

    Robert J. Willis

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Armstrong, J., Willis, R. Scheduling the Cricket World Cup—a Case Study. J Oper Res Soc 44, 1067–1072 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1993.180

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