Re^2: Tricky chemicals optimization problem

This is incredibly helpful thanks so much for answering. I read up on these problems you listed and they are exactly the right area I need to look at. For my issue, the goal actually is to reduce to the fewest nozzles possible. This is because when you have mutiple nozzles on a machine everytime one nozzle runs the others have to run which wastes a lot of money... thats just how the system works ( if we leave the ice cream anaology behind). Given that each flavor ( or chemical) must have its own nozzle, how would I incorporate this extra dimension?

As a follow on...are there any modules or existing perl help to get me get this coded?

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Re^3: Tricky chemicals optimization problem by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 10, 2017 at 00:34 UTC
... are there any modules ... to ... get this coded? Once you (and through you, we) can clearly understand and define what "this" is, I imagine there are many modules that might be helpful. But a clear definition of the problem is the essential first step. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Tricky chemicals optimization problem by LanX (Saint) on Jan 10, 2017 at 03:35 UTC
> But a clear definition of the problem is the essential first step Well said! Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]