bsquared18
Technical User
I was asked to find an answer to the follow problem, for use in scheduling meetings of a gourmet dining club:
Suppose you have a population of individuals that may number 16, 20, or 24. These indivduals are to meet five times in different groups of four. Your goal is to sequence these four-person meetings so that over the five meetings you will maximize the exposure each individual has to the other individuals in the population. (In other words, so that each individual meets with as many of the other individuals as possible by the end of the five meetings.)
Are there any freeware or shareware programs to help with this? Or what mathematical protocol would one use?
Thanks for your help!
Suppose you have a population of individuals that may number 16, 20, or 24. These indivduals are to meet five times in different groups of four. Your goal is to sequence these four-person meetings so that over the five meetings you will maximize the exposure each individual has to the other individuals in the population. (In other words, so that each individual meets with as many of the other individuals as possible by the end of the five meetings.)
Are there any freeware or shareware programs to help with this? Or what mathematical protocol would one use?
Thanks for your help!