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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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1 posted on 08/11/2004 12:27:04 PM PDT by weave09
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I was kind of puzzling over the number of keywords

Lando

2 posted on 08/11/2004 12:29:41 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (A Fair and Balanced Decision - GWB in 2004)
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To: weave09

The correct answer is to take 'em fishing instead.


3 posted on 08/11/2004 12:30:54 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Alan Go!!!)
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In runnin ght eproblem through my head I am coming up with a not possible solution. You woud need a few more rounds. Sorry...


4 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...)
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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.


5 posted on 08/11/2004 12:33:19 PM PDT by jejones
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6 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!)
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FORE!


7 posted on 08/11/2004 12:35:10 PM PDT by BigLittle (Also sad, because it's so close to the truth.)
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why were you picked for the scheduling chore?


8 posted on 08/11/2004 12:35:40 PM PDT by phxaz (if a fly lies he dies.)
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9 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.)
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To: weave09

There would be about 50 trillion combinations.


10 posted on 08/11/2004 12:37:16 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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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.
11 posted on 08/11/2004 12:39:09 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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I was thinking the same thing when the guy called, I'm not even going on the trip, LOL!


12 posted on 08/11/2004 12:39:26 PM PDT by weave09
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Just make 'em random each round.


13 posted on 08/11/2004 12:39:43 PM PDT by leadpencil1 (Somewhere in Massachusetts, a village is missing their DORK)
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To: Lando Lincoln

The majority of the keywords are Caddyshack references.


14 posted on 08/11/2004 12:40:14 PM PDT by weave09
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To: weave09
Your solution is elementary.


15 posted on 08/11/2004 12:40:35 PM PDT by CougarGA7
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To: firstiamaussoldier

Care to try that again in English?


16 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.)
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To: weave09

Ummm. I'll get back to you on that...


17 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.)
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I think he's been at the 19th hole too long. :)


18 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!)
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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.


19 posted on 08/11/2004 12:44:31 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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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?


20 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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