{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4283073516","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","title":"Pseudo-Boolean optimisation for RobinX sports timetabling","display_name":"Pseudo-Boolean optimisation for RobinX sports timetabling","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4283073516","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91278097","display_name":"Journal of Scheduling","issn_l":"1094-6136","issn":["1094-6136","1099-1425"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Scheduling","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018150695","display_name":"Martin Mariusz Lester","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-1771"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71052956","display_name":"University of Reading","ror":"https://ror.org/05v62cm79","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71052956"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Martin Mariusz Lester","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-1771","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71052956"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5018150695"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71052956"],"apc_list":{"value":2290,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2890},"apc_paid":{"value":2290,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2890},"fwci":0.6754,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.71919982,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"25","issue":"3","first_page":"287","last_page":"299"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12401","display_name":"Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12401","display_name":"Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11674","display_name":"Sports Analytics and Performance","score":0.9079999923706055,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7361104488372803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/encoding","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","score":0.6120107769966125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/range","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","score":0.5796023607254028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.5535140037536621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/portfolio","display_name":"Portfolio","score":0.5034615397453308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reduction","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","score":0.4780207872390747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/translation","display_name":"Translation (biology)","score":0.44716015458106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.446304053068161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.36512500047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.29005011916160583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.18466442823410034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.11846455931663513}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7361104488372803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125411270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18653","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","level":2,"score":0.6120107769966125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204323151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905424","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","level":2,"score":0.5796023607254028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5535140037536621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780821815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5340806","display_name":"Portfolio","level":2,"score":0.5034615397453308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111335779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454686","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4780207872390747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149364088","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185917","display_name":"Translation (biology)","level":4,"score":0.44716015458106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.446304053068161},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.36512500047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.29005011916160583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.18466442823410034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.11846455931663513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105580179","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188928","display_name":"Messenger RNA","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106159729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294553","display_name":"Financial economics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91278097","display_name":"Journal of Scheduling","issn_l":"1094-6136","issn":["1094-6136","1099-1425"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Scheduling","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:105037","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90009422.html>","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402273","display_name":"CentAUR (University of Reading)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I71052956","host_organization_name":"University of Reading","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71052956"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:spr:jsched:v:25:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s10951-022-00737-7","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10951-022-00737-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S91278097","display_name":"Journal of Scheduling","issn_l":"1094-6136","issn":["1094-6136","1099-1425"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Scheduling","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.41999998688697815}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4283073516.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4283073516.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W5815757","https://openalex.org/W621073726","https://openalex.org/W1550183085","https://openalex.org/W1964399202","https://openalex.org/W1965391651","https://openalex.org/W1996273080","https://openalex.org/W2023331514","https://openalex.org/W2049791401","https://openalex.org/W2116758077","https://openalex.org/W2133025937","https://openalex.org/W2145825841","https://openalex.org/W2156172772","https://openalex.org/W2223094528","https://openalex.org/W2279013213","https://openalex.org/W2477662532","https://openalex.org/W2499282942","https://openalex.org/W2808706008","https://openalex.org/W2811247337","https://openalex.org/W2958369069","https://openalex.org/W2995736486","https://openalex.org/W3126051750","https://openalex.org/W3185351208","https://openalex.org/W3186512348","https://openalex.org/W6603088002","https://openalex.org/W6692341766","https://openalex.org/W6893753637"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2389073067","https://openalex.org/W250853007","https://openalex.org/W2380356231","https://openalex.org/W3007418977","https://openalex.org/W2012842278","https://openalex.org/W2371125232","https://openalex.org/W2153913439","https://openalex.org/W2363143467","https://openalex.org/W3026685661","https://openalex.org/W2392964639"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"We":[1,74],"report":[2],"on":[3,88,126],"the":[4,19,51,69,79,113,127,130],"development":[5],"of":[6,18,30,72,115,117,120,124,142],"Reprobate,":[7],"a":[8,16,27,31,36,55,63,110,118,122],"tool":[9,23,52,77],"for":[10,104],"solving":[11],"sports":[12,32],"timetabling":[13,33],"problems":[14],"in":[15,139],"subset":[17],"RobinX":[20],"format.":[21],"Our":[22],"is":[24],"based":[25],"around":[26],"monolithic":[28],"translation":[29],"instance":[34,42],"into":[35,78],"pseudo-Boolean":[37,48],"(PB)":[38],"optimisation":[39],"problem;":[40],"this":[41],"can":[43,59],"be":[44],"solved":[45],"using":[46,62],"existing":[47],"solvers.":[49],"Once":[50],"has":[53],"found":[54],"feasible":[56,111],"solution,":[57,112],"it":[58,61,85,91,106],"improve":[60],"second":[64],"encoding":[65,128],"that":[66],"alters":[67],"only":[68],"home/away":[70],"pattern":[71],"games.":[73],"entered":[75],"our":[76],"International":[80],"Timetabling":[81],"Competition":[82],"2021.":[83],"While":[84],"was":[86],"effective":[87],"many":[89],"instances,":[90],"struggled":[92],"to":[93],"cope":[94],"with":[95],"schedules":[96],"involving":[97],"large":[98],"break":[99],"constraints.":[100],"However,":[101],"among":[102],"instances":[103],"which":[105],"could":[107],"initially":[108],"find":[109],"combination":[114],"use":[116],"portfolio":[119],"solvers,":[121],"range":[123],"variations":[125],"and":[129],"aforementioned":[131],"local":[132],"improvement":[133],"process":[134],"yielded":[135],"an":[136],"average":[137],"reduction":[138],"solution":[140],"cost":[141],"23%.":[143]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T09:19:25.381259","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}