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Unread 11-03-2007, 13:53
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Re: "Random" match Schedules

Here are the stats on the Pittsburgh regional schedule. As previous posters have noted, the gaps between teams' matches got pretty tight, with one team having to play back-to-back matches. There's rampant duplication among both opponents and partners, with teams 123 and 314 paired as partners in half of their matches. Teams saw between 23 and 29 of the other 35 teams.

I've posted a white paper on the scheduling issues and a better solution to the problem.

Even in a small regional, a much better schedule is possible, with a minimum match delta of 4, no partner duplication, much less opponent duplication and teams get to see between 29 and 34 of the other 35 teams.
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