[ale] a math/cs question

[James Sumners]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle +
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addition_principle = Pain In The Ass

What you are asking about is a combinatorics problem. I _barely_
passed that class. I don't like counting.

2008/4/17 Jerry Yu <jjj863 at gmail.com>:
> Given a varying # of bags, each containing a varying # of  golf balls.
> what's the best/practical algorithm to sort these bags to the fewest
> buckets. The buckets can hold varying # of golf balls. assume bags don't
> consume space.
>  If the actual # matters,   assume  5~20 bags, 10~500 balls per bag, 500~600
> balls per bucket.
>
> I thought some one  else on the list asked for similar things for  backup
> grouping. couldn't find in my own ALE archive in gmail :(


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