Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

16 golfers r-robin with pairings

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zaggy

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on: November 13, 2006, 11:51:05 PM
Hello, here's what I'm looking for:
-16 golfers will each play 15 rounds (4 foursomes every round)
-golfers are paired for each round (2 vs 2)
-each golfer has to be paired once with each of the 15 other guys
-a golfer should face the others the same amount of time as much as possible
-a golfer should have at least 3 starts in each foursome (starting time) if possible

Thanks!


Ian Wakeling

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Reply #1 on: November 14, 2006, 07:57:52 AM
A whist design gives you most of what you want, everyone as a partner once, facing everyone exactly twice.  To see an example, click on "Schedules" above, then select whist and 16 players.  Each foursome is an adjacent pairs of matches, that is foursome1=match1 vs match2, foursome2=match3 vs match4 etc.  The only problem is that player 16 is always scheduled to start in the first foursome, so you could try rearranging the order of the foursomes within each round to get more balanced starting times.


zaggy

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Reply #2 on: November 15, 2006, 09:01:48 PM
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for :)