Question: Open Problem ( 5 0 % ) The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation ( RFTE ) must decide which tennis players will represent the country at
Open Problem The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation RFTE must decide which tennis players
will represent the country at the Paris Olympics in the categories of: singles men's doubles,
women's doubles, and mixed doubles. This is the information available about the possible choices:
The following conditions must be considered when making the selection:
The RFTE can only take a total of six athletes. Three from each gender.
Each player must compete in two categories: singles and one of the doubles.
If Rafael Nadal is chosen, he must obligatorily play men's doubles with Carlos Alcaraz.
Since they are a pair in the WTA circuit, Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes will participate in
women's doubles.
Due to past issues, Bucsa and Granollers cannot pair up in mixed doubles.
The RFTE's goal is to minimize the average ranking of the selected players. To calculate this
objective, consider the following example: if singles are played by Alcaraz, Nadal, and Martnez
the average will be and if men's doubles are Nadal and Alcaraz, the average for doubles
will be and if mixed doubles are Martnez and Badosa, the average will again be
Grading Breakdown:
Define the elements of the model and notation: definition of sets, parameters, decision
variables, and their respective mathematical notation.
Verbalize the structure of the model: description in words of the model structure with
decisions, objective function, and constraints.
Formulate the model concretely and abstractly
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