Hi OR fanatics!
I saw your discussion about the distribution problem of songs on cassettes and of course
it triggered me to find a solution:
I don't think this needs excel or LINDO but it is to be solved with a kind of dynamic programming
Solution is Side1: 5, 6, 8, 9 (time = 28) and Side2: 12, 3, 5, 7 (time = 27).
The difference is 1
By the way the proposed solution
Side1: 1, 3, 5, 6 (time = 28) and Side2: 2, 4, 7, 8 (time = 27).
may be not a feasible (valid) solution because there are no songs with length 1 ,lenght 2 and lenght 4
but if you can cut the songs it is.
Kind Regards,
Fred
P.S By the way I am looking for an OR position,
where you are faced with problems like these...so if anybody knows a possibility...
please let me know!..
Message was edited by: Fred