[AccessD] Aquarium Life

[Arthur Fuller]

Jim,

While your assertion is correct in an algiorythmic sense, I fear that it
overlooks some complexities, not to mention some serious difficulties in
the UI-aspect of the problem.

But I do find this an interesting problem, and have turned JWC's content
into an Accdb file so I can begin some experiments.

I'm a tad unclear on a couple of scenarios:

a) given a selection of n fish thus far, all conforming to a given set of
parameters p, then are we limited to adding fish that fall within p, or are
we also allowed to add a new fish which might stretch the parameters, but
accidentally preclude some of the previously-chosen fish?

b) a far simpler version might initially specify the parameters and then
seek which fish can live within them, then maybe change a parameter or two
and repeat, until some desired optimum is reached. Said optimum would have
to be defined beforehand; some possibilities include Max. # of fish within
a given price-range, or Max # of fish varieties regardless of cost. Just a
couple of examples; I'm sure there are many more.

An interesting problem.

A.
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