Python
Essaie de manière exhaustive différentes combinaisons de plis pour les premiers plis, puis fait le reste des plis en utilisant une approche gourmande.
L'approche exhaustive est limitée dans une plage raisonnable de plis au centre, de sorte qu'elle ne prendra pas éternellement, sans ignorer trop de plis possibles pour donner un bon minimum.
Ran en utilisant pypy sur mon macbook air.
Réponses:
20*20D9R15R6D11R10R9D10R11
40*20D6D13D9R19R21R20D11D10
40*40D21R21R11D19R23R20D23D15
20*80D33D47D40R10D39D41R9R11
Les sorties:
Exhaustive folds levels: 3
Percentage pruned from sides from exhaustive folds: 0.2
Time taken: 4.016076s
Score: 7.91125
20*20D9R15R6D11R10R9D10R11
Exhaustive folds levels: 3
Percentage pruned from sides from exhaustive folds: 0.2
Time taken: 28.529278s
Score: 16.34375
40*20D6D13D9R19R21R20D11D10
Exhaustive folds levels: 3
Percentage pruned from sides from exhaustive folds: 0.25
Time taken: 98.430465s
Score: 42.13
40*40D21R21R11D19R23R20D23D15
Exhaustive folds levels: 3
Percentage pruned from sides from exhaustive folds: 0.25
Time taken: 234.873787s
Score: 32.30875
20*80D33D47D40R10D39D41R9R11
Score total: 7,91125 + 16,34375 + 42,13 + 32,30875 = 98,69375 
Code:
import time, math
from collections import deque
numberOfFolds = 8 # Total number of folds
startTime = time.clock()
exec "grid = ("+"""
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 
""".replace(" ",",").replace("\n","],[")[2:-2]+")"
def getAverage(grid):
    count = total = 0
    for j in grid:
        for i in j:
            count += 1
            total += i
    return total/float(count)
def getScore(grid, average):
    score = 0
    for j in grid:
        for i in j:
            score += abs(average-i)
    return score
def downFoldedGrid(grid, row, width, height, copy=True):
    if copy: grid = [r[:] for r in grid]
    foldRange = min(row, height-row)
    for j in xrange(foldRange):
        rowRef1 = grid[row+j]
        rowRef2 = grid[row-1-j]
        for i in xrange(width):
            rowRef1[i] = rowRef2[i] = (rowRef1[i] + rowRef2[i]) * .5
    return grid
def downFoldedScore(grid, score, average, row, width, height):
    foldRange = min(row, height-row)
    average2  = 2*average
    for j in xrange(foldRange):
        rowRef1 = grid[row+j]
        rowRef2 = grid[row-1-j]
        a = b = c = 0
        for i in xrange(width):
            a = rowRef1[i] 
            b = rowRef2[i]
            c = a+b
            score += abs(average2-c) - abs(average-a) - abs(average-b)
    return score
def rightFoldedGrid(grid, column, width, height, copy=True):
    if copy: grid = [r[:] for r in grid]
    foldRange = min(column, width-column)
    for j in xrange(height):
        rowRef = grid[j]
        for i in xrange(foldRange):
            a = column+i
            b = column-1-i
            rowRef[a] = rowRef[b] = (rowRef[a] + rowRef[b]) * .5
    return grid
def rightFoldedScore(grid, score, average, column, width, height):
    foldRange = min(column, width-column)
    average2 = 2*average
    for j in xrange(height):
        rowRef = grid[j]
        a = b = c = 0
        for i in xrange(foldRange):
            a = rowRef[column+i]
            b = rowRef[column-1-i]
            c = a+b
            score += abs(average2-c) - abs(average-a) - abs(average-b)
    return score
def bestFoldsGreedy(grid, average, maxFolds, width, height):
    score  = getScore(grid, average)
    folds  = []
    append = folds.append
    for z in xrange(maxFolds):
        bestFold      = 0
        bestFoldScore = score
        bestFoldGrid  = grid
        for i in xrange(1, width): #Try all right folds
            foldScore = rightFoldedScore(grid, score, average, i, width, height)
            if foldScore < bestFoldScore:
                bestFold      = i
                bestFoldScore = foldScore
        for i in xrange(1, height): #Try all down folds
            foldScore = downFoldedScore(grid, score, average, i, width, height)
            if foldScore < bestFoldScore:
                bestFold      = -i
                bestFoldScore = foldScore
        if bestFold:
            append(bestFold)
            score = bestFoldScore
            if bestFold > 0: rightFoldedGrid(grid, bestFold, width, height, False)
            else:            downFoldedGrid(grid, -bestFold, width, height, False)
    return score, folds
# Get the height and width
height  = len(grid)
width   = len(grid[0])
# Transpose the grid if height > width for better locality of reference
transposed = False
if height > width:
    grid = [[grid[i][j] for i in range(height)] for j in range(width)]
    transposed = True
    height, width = width, height
# The exhaustive grids and folds attempted
exhaustiveGridsAndFolds = deque([(grid,[])])
popleft = exhaustiveGridsAndFolds.popleft
append  = exhaustiveGridsAndFolds.append
# Set the bounds to exhaustively test for
exhaustiveLevels   = 3
prunePadding       = [0.2, 0.25][width*height > 1000]
leftBound          = int(max(width*prunePadding, 1))
rightBound         = int(width*(1.0-prunePadding))
topBound           = int(max(height*prunePadding, 1))
bottomBound        = int(height*(1.0-prunePadding))
# Populate the exhaustive grids and folds
while 1:
    grid, folds = popleft()
    if len(folds) == exhaustiveLevels:
        append((grid, folds))
        break
    for i in xrange(leftBound, rightBound):
        if i not in folds:
            append((rightFoldedGrid(grid, i, width, height), folds+[i]))
    for i in xrange(topBound, bottomBound):
        if -i not in folds:
            append((downFoldedGrid(grid, i, width, height), folds+[-i]))
# Test all the exhaustive grids and folds greedily
average             = getAverage(grid)
bestFinalScore      = getScore(grid, average)
bestFinalFolds      = []
numberOfGreedyFolds = numberOfFolds-exhaustiveLevels
while exhaustiveGridsAndFolds:
    grid, exhaustiveFolds = popleft()
    finalScore, greedyFolds = bestFoldsGreedy(grid, average, numberOfGreedyFolds, width, height)
    if finalScore <= bestFinalScore:
        bestFinalScore = finalScore
        bestFinalFolds = exhaustiveFolds + greedyFolds
# Repeat the last fold till the total number of folds if needed
if len(bestFinalFolds) < numberOfFolds:
    bestFinalFolds += [bestFinalFolds[-1]]*(numberOfFolds-len(bestFinalFolds))
# Print the best result
foldsString = ""
down  = "D"
right = "R"
if transposed:
    down,  right  = right,  down
    width, height = height, width
for fold in bestFinalFolds:
    if   fold > 0: foldsString += right+str(fold)
    elif fold < 0: foldsString += down+str(-fold)
print "Exhaustive folds levels: " + str(exhaustiveLevels)
print "Percentage pruned from sides from exhaustive folds: " + str(prunePadding)
print "Time taken: " + str(time.clock()-startTime) + "s"
print "Score: " + str(bestFinalScore)
print str(width) + "*" + str(height) + foldsString