Each month n ore shipments arrive. Pairwise distances d(i,j) measure similarity. For a subset S, define
D(S) = max_{i,j in S} d(i,j)
(zero when |S| ≤ 1). Partition all shipments into two groups A and B to minimize D(A) + D(B).
The minimum possible value of D(A) + D(B)