partition_greedy


partition_greedy, a MATLAB code which uses a greedy algorithm to seek a solution of the partition problem, in which a given set of integers is to be split into two groups whose sums are as close as possible.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

partition_greedy is available in a MATLAB 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 16 October 2022.