Same question with interesting answers in stackoverflow :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/890171/algorithm-to-divide-a-list-of-numbers-into-2-equal-sum-lists


On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Anurag Sharma <anuragvic...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, in that case, then just forget the "balancing the number of elements
> in the 2 teams" portion of my solution above :)
>
>
> Anurag Sharma
> http://anuragsharma-sun.blogspot.com/
>
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Nik_nitdgp <nikhil.bhoja...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This problem is like 2 processor job scheduling problem ,We may get an
>> optimal solution for different instances using different algorithm
>> apart from brute force.Whereas Brute force covers all possible subsets
>> but may take years to complete if N is large.
>>
>> above algo fails in the following example.
>>
>> Eg. 2 2 2 3 3
>>
>> above algo gives:
>> T1: 2 2 3 =7
>> T2: 2 3 =5
>>
>> But closest distribution is
>> T1=2 2 2=6
>> T2 3 3=6
>>
>> On May 31, 9:30 am, W Karas <wka...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Is this the same problem as:
>> >
>> > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks/browse_frm/thread/26c31cc253.
>> ..
>> >
>> > ?
>> >
>> > Or can the teams have different numbers of players?
>> >
>> > On May 30, 2:28 pm, Veer Sharma <thisisv...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi Friends,
>> >
>> > > This is my first post to this forum. A "Hi" to all of you and here is
>> > > my first problem...
>> >
>> > > Giiven int n, the total number of players and their skill-point.
>> > > Distribute the players on 2 evenly balanced teams.
>> >
>> > > Lets see who gives the best solution (least space complexity / least
>> > > time complexity or both...)
>>
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