partition_problem


partition_problem, a C code which seeks solutions of the partition problem, splitting a set of integers into two subsets with equal sum.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

partition_problem is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. Alexander Dewdney,
    The Turing Omnibus,
    Freeman, 1989,
    ISBN13: 9780716781547,
    LC: QA76.D45.
  2. Brian Hayes,
    The Easiest Hard Problem,
    American Scientist,
    Volume 90, Number 2, March-April 2002, pages 113-117.
  3. Silvano Martello, Paolo Toth,
    Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations,
    Wiley, 1990,
    ISBN: 0-471-92420-2,
    LC: QA267.7.M37.

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Last revised on 22 July 2019.