Re: [eclipse-clp-users] y = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3 + ... + anbn

On 30/11/14 11:09, Philippe de Rochambeau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a programming project in which I need to display rows from a data
> array, in a PDF document, where each page should contain at most 25 rows.
>
> The data array is composed of groups where each group can be defined as
> follows:
>
> for instance,
>
> group1 = a1 x 2 + a2 x 5 + a3 x 1
>
> group2 = a4 x 1 + a5 x 2
>
> group3 = a6 x 12 + a7 x 12 + a8 x 1 …
>
> Is it possible to compute the number of As in each group (assuming it is <=
> 10, to make things simpler), and their respective multipliers, where group n
> <= 25, in CLP or otherwise?


You will have to explain this a bit more clearly.  In particular:

- what is in a "row", and how do rows relate to groups?

- are the groups something that already exists in the data array, or are we free 
to make them up?

- are the multipliers given, or are they to be computed?


More generally, try to

1. define each concept you use (data array, row, group, ...)
2. specify what is a parameter (input), and what is a variable (to be computed)


Cheers,
Joachim