这是一个棘手的问题!我实施了一个天真的蛮力解决方案.这可能太慢了,但这是一个起点.
from itertools import combinations, permutations
points = 'ABCDEF'
r = 3
m = len(points) // r
all_combinations = list(combinations(points, m))
group_length = len(all_combinations) // r
assert r * group_length == len(all_combinations)
found = set()
for combinations_permutation in permutations(all_combinations):
groups = [combinations_permutation[group_length * i: group_length * (i + 1)]
for i in range(r)]
transpose = zip(*groups)
# Avoid very similar-looking solutions
canonical = frozenset(map(frozenset, transpose))
if (canonical not in found and
all(len(col) == len(set(col))
for col in (sum(column, ()) for column in transpose))):
found.add(canonical)
for group in groups:
print ', '.join(map(''.join, group))
print '----'
这是输出的开始:
AB, AC, AD, AE, AF
CD, BE, BF, BD, BC
EF, DF, CE, CF, DE
----
AB, AC, AD, AE, AF
CD, BF, BE, BC, BD
EF, DE, CF, DF, CE
----
AB, AC, AD, AE, AF
CE, BD, BE, BF, BC
DF, EF, CF, CD, DE
----
AB, AC, AD, AE, AF
CE, BF, BC, BD, BE
DF, DE, EF, CF, CD