Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleON DOUBLING IN TOURNAMENT BACKGAMMON.AuthorsZadeh, NormanAbstractA strategy is determined which takes into account a player's skill, the score of the match, the value of the current game, and the possibility of winning a double-game (a gammon). The strategy described here has worked quite well in practice.SubjectsBACKGAMMON; GAMES of strategy (Mathematics); STRATEGIC planning; BOARD games; ABILITY; WINNING &; losing (Contests &; competitions); MARKOV processes; GAMES &; psychology; INTEGER programming; PSYCHOLOGYPublicationManagement Science, 1977, Vol 23, Issue 9, p986ISSN0025-1909Publication typeArticleDOI10.1287/mnsc.23.9.986