OR Practice---Training Optimization for the Decathlon

Yori Zwols () and Gerard Sierksma ()
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Yori Zwols: Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
Gerard Sierksma: Department of Operations, University of Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, The Netherlands

Operations Research, 2009, vol. 57, issue 4, 812-822

Abstract: Decathlon coaches usually spend days or even weeks on designing training schedules for their athletes. A major complication is the fact that the athlete has only limited time for an extensive range of training exercises, whereas the effects of exercises on the athlete's performance in the various events are interrelated. This paper presents a mathematical model for optimizing the use of the total available training time by assigning time to training exercises. The data used in this time capacity planning model concerns a decathlete preparing for the Olympic Games.

Keywords: recreation and sports; applications; nonlinear programming; decision-support systems; information systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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