Set Covering

We want to make a small committee to look into global warming, but we want to make sure all of the following 7 groups are represented: Women, Homosexuals, Jews, African Americans, Tall people, Native Americans, Republicans.

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Minimal set cover: No one redundant. How solve this efficiently?

Minimum set cover: Smallest possible committee. How solve this efficiently?


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