The tirosort.pl script has been written to resolve the starting problem in Diplmacy : who is going to play what country. With this script, each player is able to give a whish list, classing their most wanted to country to the less. The script has been written to optimize the players' satisfaction.
This script is under the GPL licence.
There is en example file (example.txt). You may try tirosort.pl with it :
greg@wallaby:~$ ./tirosort example.txt
player3:IT
player5:AH
player4:TU
player6:GE
player2:RU
player7:UK
player1:FR