On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Malcolm Greene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking for an algorthim for the following use case (highly > simplified): > > > > 1. I have <N> buckets (probably 3-5) > > --------------------- Round Robin Distribution is the term you are looking for I believe. You sort the value column that is being measured descending and then fill your N buckets pulling the top one. I have seen this done by rotating through 50 - 75 % of the rows to be distributed before you attempt to start balancing the distribution. You also need to establish your confidence in difference, 1% or .001% ? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmykr+tzenre3zraus0a2o4ewxck+y3s9nrzirecoxkz...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
