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Decision Science Through Football

Operations research on the pitch and in the boardroom: signings under a budget, squads, schedules and set pieces, and how to choose well when you can't try every option.

1 part Beginner

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Who's the best signing? It depends what you're optimising

Five players on a shortlist, £10m to spend. Chase goals and you sign the striker. Chase points and three cheaper players beat him. Add one rule and the answer changes again. The three parts of every optimisation problem, with a transfer window.

Beginner Part 1