This book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling tournament problem, carryover minimization, breaks minimization, tournament design, tournament planning, and referee assignment. A rich selection of...

In 1997 two papers new applying the metaheuristics Tabu Search (TS) and Heuristic Concentration (HC) tothe p-median problem were published in consecutive volumes of the European Journal of OperationalResearch. Here we apply the method of HC some of the data sets which were used for...

The problem studied in this paper consists in optimizing the refueling costs of a fleet of locomotives over a railway network. The goal consists in determining the number of trucks contracted for each yard and to determine the refueling plan of each locomotive, while minimizing the costs and...