重新调整NHL、MLB、NFL和NBA
Realignment in the NHL, MLB, the NFL, and the NBA
摘要：
体育联盟由细分为不同部门的会议组成。球队在各自的分区内打了很多比赛，而在不同的分区和会议中与球队打的比赛更少。通常，联赛结构从一个赛季到下一个赛季保持稳定。然而，当增长或收缩发生时，结构会发生变化，自1967年以来，北美四大职业体育联盟的重组已经发生了25次以上。在本文中，我们描述了一种方法重新调整体育联盟，是灵活的，自适应的，并使建设的时间表，最大限度地减少旅行，同时满足其他标准。我们不建立时间表;我们开发的联盟结构，支持后续建设的有效时间表。我们最初的重点是NHL，它有一个迫切需要重新调整后，最近的亚特兰大Thrashers温尼伯移动，但我们的方法可以适应几乎任何情况。我们研究了各种方案的NHL，并将我们的方法应用于NBA，MLB和NFL。我们发现MLB和NFL的最大改进，采用最佳解决方案将减少约20%的联盟旅行。
英文摘要：
Sports leagues consist of conferences subdivided into divisions. Teams play a number of games within their divisions and fewer games against teams in different divisions and conferences. Usually, a league structure remains stable from one season to the next. However, structures change when growth or contraction occurs, and realignment of the four major professional sports leagues in North America has occurred more than twenty-five times since 1967. In this paper, we describe a method for realigning sports leagues that is flexible, adaptive, and that enables construction of schedules that minimize travel while satisfying other criteria. We do not build schedules; we develop league structures which support the subsequent construction of efficient schedules. Our initial focus is the NHL, which has an urgent need for realignment following the recent move of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, but our methods can be adapted to virtually any situation. We examine a variety of scenarios for the NHL, and apply our methods to the NBA, MLB, and NFL. We find the biggest improvements for MLB and the NFL, where adopting the best solutions would reduce league travel by about 20%.
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