Efficient scheduling of astronomical observations: Application to the CARMENES radial-velocity survey

We acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) through grants ESP2013-48391-C4-1-R, ESP2014-57495-C2-2-R, AYA2014-54348-C3-1-R and AYA2014-54348-C3-2-R. A.R. acknowledges support from the European Research Council under the FP7 Starting Grant agreement number 279347 and from DFG grant RE 1664/9-1.