Sports scheduling and other topics in sports analytics: a survey with special reference to Latin America

Abstract

Recent years have witnessed vigorous development in the application of mathematical and computational techniques to many aspects of the organization and planning of sports competitions. Known as sports scheduling, this field is one of the subjects of the present survey, which reviews different problems tackled in the associated literature, the techniques employed for solving them and the results of their implementation in real-world cases. Other topics in sports analytics such as player performance, result prediction, fantasy games and analysis of rankings are also examined. Special attention is given to applications in Latin America. The main challenges facing sports scheduling and other areas of sports analytics are also discussed.