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weave09
Posted on 08/11/2004 12:26:49 PM PDT by weave09
Forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong area, I am not new to FR but haven't posted much. A group of my friends are going on a golf trip. There are 12 golfers playing 4 rounds of golf as foursomes. I have been asked to come up with a schedule that has each golfer playing at least one round of golf with the other eleven golfers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:27:04 PM PDT
by
weave09
To: weave09
I was kind of puzzling over the number of keywords
Lando 
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:29:41 PM PDT
by
Lando Lincoln
(A Fair and Balanced Decision - GWB in 2004)
To: weave09
The correct answer is to take 'em fishing instead.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:30:54 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Alan Go!!!)
To: weave09
In runnin ght eproblem through my head I am coming up with a not possible solution. You woud need a few more rounds. Sorry...
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:30:54 PM PDT
by
Kate of Spice Island
('Effin the ineffible since '91." FirstIAmAUSSoldier and I approve of this message...)
To: weave09
OK...you can play with three other people in each round; three times four is twelve, so each person will play with exactly one other person twice in a valid solution.
I didn't get heavily into combinatorics in college, but it should be easy to set up a depth-first search routine sort of like the standard eight queens program.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:33:19 PM PDT
by
jejones
To: weave09
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:34:09 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
To: weave09
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:35:10 PM PDT
by
BigLittle
(Also sad, because it's so close to the truth.)
To: weave09
why were you picked for the scheduling chore?
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:35:40 PM PDT
by
phxaz
(if a fly lies he dies.)
To: weave09
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:36:08 PM PDT
by
scab4faa
("While you're here, you're a Horse's Ass, once you're gone, you're a Hero, I have never been a hero.)
To: weave09
There would be about 50 trillion combinations.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:37:16 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: weave09
You're looking for info on
Operations Research. I'm sure if you search around, there will be some canned program to help you out.
To: phxaz
I was thinking the same thing when the guy called, I'm not even going on the trip, LOL!
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:39:26 PM PDT
by
weave09
To: weave09
Just make 'em random each round.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:39:43 PM PDT
by
leadpencil1
(Somewhere in Massachusetts, a village is missing their DORK)
To: Lando Lincoln
The majority of the keywords are Caddyshack references.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:40:14 PM PDT
by
weave09
To: weave09
Your solution is elementary.
To: firstiamaussoldier
Care to try that again in English?
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:41:05 PM PDT
by
sharktrager
(The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
To: weave09
Ummm. I'll get back to you on that...
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:42:26 PM PDT
by
bondjamesbond
(We live in a wonderful country where any child can grow up to be the next Ronald Reagan.)
To: sharktrager
I think he's been at the 19th hole too long. :)
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:42:32 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
To: weave09
If you start off playing a beer-a-hole, when they get drunk and quit playing, you can just tell them that they all played together.
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:44:31 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: weave09
Pairing the golfers as twosomes and rotating the twosomes in the foursomes almost get you there, but not quite. Does anybody hate eachother in the group?
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posted on
08/11/2004 12:52:17 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(If I can just get off of this LA freeway without getting killed or caught)
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