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Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Crap ! !
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build
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Mon, 6 May 2002 19:35:49 GMT
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On Mon, 6 May 2002, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > My thinking here is that there is a polynomial or even exponential time
> > > function at work with large sets. The more parts a set has, the greater the
> > > fraction of total build time is spent looking for a particular part. The way
> > > to decrease that fraction is to sort the parts first.
But now TLC has started breaking up the parts into sequentially needed
bags (see, e.g., 7153) so the number of parts with which you must deal at
any one time is substantially less than the total number of parts in the
set.
> OTOH, sometimes it's ... fun ... to sort all the parts, in neat little rows
> and columns, with all the plates over here, and the slopes over there, and
> the wheels off in the corner, etc, etc.
This also makes it easier to do the inventory. . .
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
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