Spor Biliminde Optimizasyonun Yeri: Bir Literatür Taraması

Optimization is the process of finding the best possible solution to a problem. From past to present, it is seen that optimization algorithms have been successfully applied in many areas where complex problems are involved. Sports science is one of these areas. Some sports-related problems have objective functions and constraints that make them difficult to solve. Therefore, searching for solutions with heuristic and meta-heuristic approaches to these different problems encountered in sports science emerges as a field whose popularity has increased especially in recent years. Heuristic algorithms are strategies for generating an acceptable solution to complex problems in a reasonably practicable time, by trial and error. It is not possible to try every possible solution or combination, depending on the size and complexity of the problem. Therefore, the aim is to find good and suitable solutions in an acceptable time frame. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the relationship between sports science and optimization approaches. In this direction, a literature review is presented by searching the studies in which three popular sports problems, Sports Organization Scheduling, Training Planning and Traveling Tournament Problems are handled with optimization methods.