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- ╘HIS ARCHIVE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ┴╙├╔╔ FILES:
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- ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─.┴╙├ - THIS FILE
- ┬┼╘╘┼╥.┴╙├ - AN EXCERPT FROM THE PAPER ╚╧╫ ╘╧ ╥╒╬ ┴ ┬┼╘╘┼╥
- ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─ ─┼╥┬┘ WRITTEN BY ═ARC ╨. ┬OROM OF ╨ACK 37, ╬ISKAYUNA, ╬┘.
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- ╨ACK 15 OF ╙ARATOGA ╙PRINGS, ╬┘, HAS BEEN USING THE "╙TEARNS
- ═ETHOD" FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
- ╫HEN WE STARTED USING THE "╙TEARNS ═ETHOD" WE WERE ONLY UTILIZING
- FOUR LANES OF OUR SIX LANE TRACK. ╘HIS PROMPTED ME TO WRITE A
- PROGRAM THAT GENERATES RACING SCHEDULES FOR ANY NUMBER OF LANES
- WITH ANY NUMBER OF ╙COUTS. ╘HIS SAME PROGRAM CAN BE USED FOR THE
- ╙PACE ─ERBY, ╥AINGUTTER ╥EGATTA OR ANY OTHER DERBY YOUR PACK USES.
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- ╙OME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PROGRAM MEETS ARE: EVERY CAR
- RACES THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES, EVERY CAR RACES IN EACH ROUND AND
- EVERY CAR RACES IN EACH LANE. ╘HE PROGRAM ALSO MAXIMIZES THE
- NUMBER OF OPPONENTS THAT EACH CAR RACES AGAINST. ╔N MOST CASES,
- EVERY CAR RACES AGAINST EVERY OTHER CAR.
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- ╙AMPLE SCHEDULES FOR 2, 4 AND 6 LANES FOLLOWS. ╧N THE 6 LANE
- TRACK, SOME RACES WILL HAVE LESS THAN 6 CARS BUT NO RACE WILL HAVE
- FEWER THAN 4 CARS. ╧N THE 4 LANE TRACK, SOME RACES WILL HAVE LESS
- THAN 4 CARS BUT NO RACE WILL HAVE FEWER THAN 2 CARS. ╘HIS IS TO
- PREVENT A CAR FROM HAVING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, I.E., WHEN THERE
- ARE 43 PARTICIPANTS AND YOU ARE USING A SIX LANE TRACK, NO CAR
- WILL BE IN A RACE WITH CARS 44, 45, 46, 47 AND 48. ╧N A TWO LANE
- TRACK WITH AN ODD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WE RECOMMEND USING A
- DUMMY CAR, AGAIN, NO UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.
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- ╘HE NUMBER OF RACES IN EACH ROUND IS DEPENDENT ON THE NUMBER OF
- ╙COUTS IN THE PACK AND THE NUMBER OF LANES YOU ARE USING. ╘HE
- NUMBER OF ROUNDS IS NOT ONLY DEPENDENT ON THE NUMBER OF ╙COUTS AND
- LANES BUT ALSO ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU WANT THE MEETING TO
- DEVOTE TO THE ACTUAL RACING. ╔N OUR FIRST YEAR OF USING THE
- "╙TEARNS ═ETHOD" WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT 96 RACES WERE RUN
- IN ONE HOUR. ╫E RAN 12 ROUNDS OF 8 RACES EACH. ╔F YOU ARE
- RUNNING A SLOWER PACED EVENT YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE LAST SEVERAL
- ROUNDS. ╧N A SIX LANE TRACK, EVERY CAR RACES IN EACH LANE BY THE
- END OF THE 6TH ROUND. ╧N A FIVE LANE TRACK EVERY CAR RACES IN
- EACH LANE BY THE END OF THE 5TH ROUND, ETC.
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- ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─ ─┼╥┬┘ ╙├╚┼─╒╠┼ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╘┼─ BY ╨AT ╨ERONTO USING ╟╞┴ ┬┴╙╔├
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- ╘OTAL CARS=24 ╬UMBER OF LANES=2 ┼STIMATED TIME=1.5 HOURS
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- ╥OUND 1 ╥OUND 2 ╥OUND 3
- ╠ANE # ╠ANE # ╠ANE #
- 1 2 1 2 1 2
- ╥ACE 1 17 24 10 17 6 3
- ╥ACE 2 8 19 21 7 15 22
- ╥ACE 3 6 23 19 5 13 14
- ╥ACE 4 5 9 14 11 20 2
- ╥ACE 5 15 21 9 20 16 4
- ╥ACE 6 11 16 16 18 21 18
- ╥ACE 7 22 1 2 15 24 9
- ╥ACE 8 7 2 24 8 8 11
- ╥ACE 9 3 14 13 22 1 5
- ╥ACE 10 20 13 1 3 7 19
- ╥ACE 11 18 10 4 6 12 17
- ╥ACE 12 12 4 23 12 10 23
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- ╥OUND 4 ╥OUND 5 ╥OUND 6
- ╥ACE 1 22 16 7 17 21 14
- ╥ACE 2 13 3 16 10 1 20
- ╥ACE 3 2 11 12 1 4 17
- ╥ACE 4 8 18 9 3 11 15
- ╥ACE 5 15 5 13 6 22 6
- ╥ACE 6 4 1 24 22 24 13
- ╥ACE 7 6 19 18 2 18 12
- ╥ACE 8 14 20 11 4 5 10
- ╥ACE 9 17 9 5 20 2 9
- ╥ACE 10 12 24 15 14 7 16
- ╥ACE 11 10 7 21 8 3 19
- ╥ACE 12 21 23 23 19 23 8
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- ╥OUND 7 ╥OUND 8 ╥OUND 9
- ╥ACE 1 9 18 17 6 2 4
- ╥ACE 2 17 5 5 21 3 21
- ╥ACE 3 1 21 19 10 11 23
- ╥ACE 4 24 2 3 7 10 20
- ╥ACE 5 22 7 11 12 6 7
- ╥ACE 6 14 4 18 1 15 12
- ╥ACE 7 3 11 24 14 8 1
- ╥ACE 8 13 19 9 22 17 18
- ╥ACE 9 20 6 4 15 9 14
- ╥ACE 10 10 12 2 23 22 5
- ╥ACE 11 23 15 8 20 24 16
- ╥ACE 12 8 16 13 16 19 13
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- ╥OUND 10 ╥OUND 11 ╥OUND 12
- ╥ACE 1 21 16 16 17 12 6
- ╥ACE 2 9 7 2 8 11 17
- ╥ACE 3 1 15 4 22 2 10
- ╥ACE 4 3 2 23 3 24 1
- ╥ACE 5 10 4 1 7 4 7
- ╥ACE 6 24 20 12 19 15 8
- ╥ACE 7 14 23 24 21 5 3
- ╥ACE 8 5 12 20 15 14 19
- ╥ACE 9 6 8 14 10 22 23
- ╥ACE 10 17 22 9 6 20 21
- ╥ACE 11 19 18 5 11 9 13
- ╥ACE 12 11 13 18 13 16 18
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- ╘HE FOLLOWING CARS HAVE NOT RACED EACH OTHER:
- 1>2 6 9 10 11 13 14 16 17 19 23
- 2>1 5 6 12 13 14 16 17 19 21 22
- 3>4 8 10 12 15 16 17 18 20 22 24
- 4>3 5 8 9 13 18 19 20 21 23 24
- 5>2 4 6 7 8 13 14 16 18 23 24
- 6>1 2 5 10 11 14 15 16 18 21 24
- 7>5 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 20 23 24
- 8>3 4 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 17 22
- 9>1 4 8 10 11 12 15 16 19 21 23
- 10>1 3 6 8 9 11 13 15 21 22 24
- 11>1 6 7 9 10 18 19 20 21 22 24
- 12>2 3 7 8 9 13 14 16 20 21 22
- 13>1 2 4 5 7 8 10 12 15 17 21 23
- 14>1 2 5 6 7 8 12 16 17 18 22
- 15>3 6 7 9 10 13 16 17 18 19 24
- 16>1 2 3 5 6 9 12 14 15 19 20 23
- 17>1 2 3 8 13 14 15 19 20 21 23
- 18>3 4 5 6 7 11 14 15 20 22 23 24
- 19>1 2 4 9 11 15 16 17 20 21 22 24
- 20>3 4 7 11 12 16 17 18 19 22 23
- 21>2 4 6 9 10 11 12 13 17 19 22
- 22>2 3 8 10 11 12 14 18 19 20 21
- 23>1 4 5 7 9 13 16 17 18 20 24
- 24>3 4 5 6 7 10 11 15 18 19 23
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- ╬UMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPONENTS RACED FOR EACH CAR:
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- 1>12 2>12 3>12 4>12 5>12 6>12 7>12 8>12 9>12 10>12
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- 11>12 12>12 13>11 14>12 15>12 16>11 17>12 18>11 19>11 20>12
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- 21>12 22>12 23>12 24>12
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- ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─ ─┼╥┬┘ ╙├╚┼─╒╠┼ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╘┼─ BY ╨AT ╨ERONTO USING ╟╞┴ ┬┴╙╔├
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- ╘OTAL CARS=36 ╬UMBER OF LANES=4 ┼STIMATED TIME=1.5 HOURS
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- ╥OUND 1 ╥OUND 2 ╥OUND 3
- ╠ANE # ╠ANE # ╠ANE #
- 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
- ╥ACE 1 15 4 29 8 8 17 33 3 30 32 1 17
- ╥ACE 2 33 11 2 32 11 5 15 31 28 16 8 11
- ╥ACE 3 17 26 35 14 35 28 22 24 6 35 34 27
- ╥ACE 4 1 7 16 5 23 18 27 1 10 20 31 33
- ╥ACE 5 22 36 18 34 13 10 14 12 2 23 21 22
- ╥ACE 6 24 31 12 21 34 2 20 16 18 24 19 15
- ╥ACE 7 9 27 13 28 26 21 9 30 29 12 36 9
- ╥ACE 8 3 19 10 23 32 6 4 29 25 3 5 13
- ╥ACE 9 20 30 25 6 19 25 7 36 4 14 26 7
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- ╥OUND 4 ╥OUND 5 ╥OUND 6
- ╥ACE 1 21 29 23 2 25 22 1 9 30 15 27 3
- ╥ACE 2 5 22 6 20 8 13 21 20 17 2 10 7
- ╥ACE 3 27 13 24 19 16 14 3 32 14 36 21 5
- ╥ACE 4 31 8 11 35 29 35 10 18 25 33 16 4
- ╥ACE 5 16 34 17 18 24 34 2 15 35 13 1 20
- ╥ACE 6 14 9 30 10 12 5 33 19 12 8 26 18
- ╥ACE 7 12 1 3 4 17 27 36 4 29 22 11 19
- ╥ACE 8 7 15 32 25 31 30 28 7 9 24 6 31
- ╥ACE 9 36 33 28 26 11 26 23 6 28 32 34 23
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- ╥OUND 7 ╥OUND 8 ╥OUND 9
- ╥ACE 1 6 1 2 8 21 32 10 36 32 8 9 35
- ╥ACE 2 15 36 13 16 12 6 16 28 31 36 23 4
- ╥ACE 3 19 21 35 7 27 31 25 2 25 26 15 12
- ╥ACE 4 31 22 3 26 1 11 14 29 18 6 21 33
- ╥ACE 5 14 18 33 24 8 34 19 26 2 28 19 14
- ╥ACE 6 12 20 27 32 24 30 4 20 30 13 34 29
- ╥ACE 7 34 4 10 11 3 9 18 7 17 24 11 3
- ╥ACE 8 28 25 29 17 15 23 33 35 16 22 27 10
- ╥ACE 9 5 9 23 30 5 17 22 13 7 20 1 5
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- ╥OUND 10 ╥OUND 11 ╥OUND 12
- ╥ACE 1 25 35 21 3 9 20 19 17 28 15 1 10
- ╥ACE 2 18 2 4 13 18 28 5 4 2 36 3 20
- ╥ACE 3 30 36 11 12 15 6 10 36 33 29 24 26
- ╥ACE 4 9 34 16 29 30 2 35 12 35 4 9 21
- ╥ACE 5 27 26 6 28 3 13 23 31 5 32 17 6
- ╥ACE 6 15 14 20 23 24 26 16 32 27 14 31 34
- ╥ACE 7 8 5 10 24 27 29 7 11 13 11 25 18
- ╥ACE 8 1 19 31 17 1 33 34 21 16 19 30 22
- ╥ACE 9 32 22 7 33 22 14 8 25 8 23 7 12
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- ╥OUND 13 ╥OUND 14 ╥OUND 15
- ╥ACE 1 3 34 5 29 28 21 16 35 31 16 8 10
- ╥ACE 2 33 27 9 11 36 1 9 15 5 27 35 21
- ╥ACE 3 31 32 18 19 17 23 4 12 33 17 1 26
- ╥ACE 4 14 2 10 25 11 29 31 22 24 36 2 9
- ╥ACE 5 20 28 22 4 32 10 27 8 32 13 29 20
- ╥ACE 6 30 8 36 35 26 5 2 20 11 7 18 15
- ╥ACE 7 21 17 15 12 30 18 33 13 19 4 25 23
- ╥ACE 8 16 23 24 1 34 7 25 24 30 14 3 28
- ╥ACE 9 26 13 6 7 6 14 3 19 6 34 12 22
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- ╥OUND 16 ╥OUND 17 ╥OUND 18
- ╥ACE 1 19 30 26 10
- ╥ACE 2 20 18 11 21
- ╥ACE 3 32 3 36 31
- ╥ACE 4 9 23 33 1
- ╥ACE 5 2 7 17 13
- ╥ACE 6 25 14 5 4
- ╥ACE 7 16 22 15 8
- ╥ACE 8 27 28 6 24
- ╥ACE 9 34 29 12 35
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- ┴LL CARS HAVE RACED ALL OTHER CARS AT LEAST ONCE!
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- ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─ ─┼╥┬┘ ╙├╚┼─╒╠┼ ╟┼╬┼╥┴╘┼─ BY ╨AT ╨ERONTO USING ╟╞┴ ┬┴╙╔├
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- ╘OTAL CARS=36 ╬UMBER OF LANES=6 ┼STIMATED TIME=0.75 HOURS
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- ╥OUND 1 ╥OUND 2 ╥OUND 3
- ╠ANE # ╠ANE # ╠ANE #
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
- ╥ACE 1 12 18 15 5 27 25 19 4 3 18 8 5 27 21 2 36 7 34
- ╥ACE 2 31 10 7 20 13 1 13 36 12 9 25 17 6 24 18 12 10 32
- ╥ACE 3 33 17 26 30 2 19 26 23 31 21 33 6 25 9 23 35 31 26
- ╥ACE 4 34 11 22 28 23 8 20 28 27 16 30 24 5 13 11 8 29 16
- ╥ACE 5 3 32 16 14 6 9 7 29 14 34 1 2 14 22 4 3 20 33
- ╥ACE 6 29 35 36 24 21 4 11 15 35 10 32 22 1 19 28 15 17 30
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- ╥OUND 4 ╥OUND 5 ╥OUND 6
- ╥ACE 1 35 34 10 13 3 27 4 25 34 6 28 18 36 26 6 17 11 15
- ╥ACE 2 18 6 20 26 36 11 9 16 17 11 19 35 28 31 24 19 5 29
- ╥ACE 3 17 12 19 29 4 23 10 14 30 23 15 36 22 3 32 7 14 10
- ╥ACE 4 32 1 8 25 16 21 8 20 21 1 12 31 21 27 9 33 18 12
- ╥ACE 5 30 7 5 22 9 28 24 5 29 27 26 3 23 30 25 4 34 13
- ╥ACE 6 15 2 33 31 24 14 2 33 13 32 22 7 16 8 1 2 35 20
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- ╥OUND 7 ╥OUND 8 ╥OUND 9
- ╥ACE 1 11 3 30 31 12 21 33 16 34 15 31 18 27 31 32 36 19 4
- ╥ACE 2 15 29 18 13 14 25 10 25 19 21 17 7 20 25 11 33 35 30
- ╥ACE 3 28 32 26 10 4 16 9 20 29 32 30 23 21 5 14 28 13 17
- ╥ACE 4 34 20 19 17 27 22 2 11 4 1 27 14 2 10 9 3 15 8
- ╥ACE 5 33 1 36 8 9 24 12 35 28 22 36 3 26 22 1 6 29 18
- ╥ACE 6 6 2 5 35 23 7 24 13 6 8 26 5 23 24 16 7 12 34
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- ╥OUND 10 ╥OUND 11 ╥OUND 12
- ╥ACE 1 21 27 8 14 19 35 35 29 25 2 28 33 23 32 5 1 34 26
- ╥ACE 2 4 15 7 11 26 12 24 11 3 1 23 27 7 18 35 14 29 4
- ╥ACE 3 20 5 33 10 29 34 6 19 13 14 12 26 27 6 8 16 9 17
- ╥ACE 4 30 18 2 28 23 6 30 8 7 17 18 32 30 21 11 2 12 15
- ╥ACE 5 25 3 22 24 17 31 4 9 34 5 36 31 3 24 22 10 13 36
- ╥ACE 6 16 36 13 1 9 32 20 15 21 22 16 10 19 33 28 25 20 31
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- ┴LL CARS HAVE RACED ALL OTHER CARS AT LEAST ONCE!
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- *******************************************************************
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- ╔F YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR WOULD LIKE US TO PREPARE AND
- SEND YOU A SCHEDULE TO FIT THE NEEDS OF YOUR PACK. ╩UST LET US
- KNOW THE NUMBER OF ╙COUTS IN YOUR PACK, THE NUMBER OF LANES YOU
- ARE USING, AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT TO DEVOTE TO ACTUAL RACING
- ALSO SEND A BUSINESS SIZE, SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE. ╫E
- WILL SEND YOU EXTRA SCHEDULES IN CASE THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF ╙COUTS
- ATTENDING IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON.
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- ╘HE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND IN THE ═ICH╘RON ╥OUNDTABLE, ═490, UNDER
- THE FILENAME OF: ╨╔╬┼╫╧╧─.┴╥├. ╘HE PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN ON AN ╙╘
- USING ╟╞┴ ┬ASIC.
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- ╧UR ╟ENIE ADDRESS IS ╨.╨┼╥╧╬╘╧
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- ╧UR MAIL ADDRESS IS:
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- ╔. ╨ERONTO, ╨UBLICITY ├HAIRMAN
- ├UB ╙COUT ╨ACK 15
- ─IVISION ╙TREET ╙CHOOL ╨╘┴
- 220 ─IVISION ╙TREET
- ╙ARATOGA ╙PRINGS, ╬EW ┘ORK 12866
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