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Topic: Can an empty solution be better than optimal?
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Dmitry

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Can an empty solution be better than optimal?
Posted: Nov 4, 2009 9:43 PM
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Hello,

In certain "pathological" problems it might be better not to provide a result, but to return empty matrix. For example:
[1 1;
1 3]

Solution is obviously [3]. But the score will be 15. Whereas if no solution is provided, score is 12.

Is this something the program should take care of?

- Dmitry

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