Date:         Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:47:58 -0800
Reply-To:     "Theise, Eric" <ETheise@anesthesia.ucsf.edu>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Theise, Eric" <ETheise@anesthesia.ucsf.edu>
Subject:      Re: TOP 10 COMBINATIONS
Comments: To: Victor Tarragó <vtarrago@acziona.com>
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Hi,

I joined the list recently, and believe I missed the first few posts on this topic.

From a brief reading of Victor's message, it seems that this is some sort of a constrained optimization problem, and that it would be best solved by using a linear or integer programming package.  Rather, the "best" solution could be determined from that sort of analysis, and either a subsequent sensitivity analysis or a complete enumeration could generate the top ten combinations.

It's been a while since I've formulated and solved such a problem, but I'd be happy to take a look after-work if you wanted to contact me off-list.

--Eric