Li, Yongjun; Lei, Xiyang; Dai, Qianzhi; Liang, Liang - In: European Journal of Operational Research 243 (2015) 3, pp. 964-973
This study measures the performance of participating nations at the Olympics, considering the quest for medals as a two-stage Olympic process. The first stage is characterized as athlete preparation (AP) and the second stage as athlete competition (AC). We extend the relational model from the...