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Computation of the Number of Score Sequences in Round-Robin Tournaments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

T.V. Narayana  and
D.H. Bent
T.V. Narayana
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
D.H. Bent
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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We consider round-robin tournaments of n players in which, at each encounter, the winner is awarded 1 point and the loser 0 (ties are excluded).

Let

1

be the n scores, ordered in a non-decreasing sequence. Clearly

2

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1964 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1964

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