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Apples of random weight come down a packing line
into a weigh station buffer with NBUF slots.
The apple in each slot is weighed.
Then NPACK ( NPACK <= NBUF) of these apples are selected
and placed into a box of NPACK apples.
A new set of NPACK apples then enter the weigh station
buffer to replace the apples just packed, and the cycle repeats.
There is a target weight, TARG, we want to achieve for each box.
There are relative penalties,UNPEN and OVPEN, of being
under and over target.
Which set of NPACK out of NBUF apples should be selected
at each cycle so as to have boxes that are close to target?
If there are alternate ways of getting a perfect packing of
the first box, which packing would you prefer?;