Is it really unclear what is being asked?

Question

The question https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/167508/are-there-any-real-world-practical-problems-where-only-the-best-exact-solution is closed with reason "it's unclear what you're asking". And the advice says to add additional details to highlight exactly what you need.
That's ridiculous. I've been adding as much details to the question as I could to present my point in the most clear way I could.
I am not realizing what additional details are asked for or how this question might not be clear (besides some people might feel tl;dr) and will appreciate if anybody helps me with that.
Even if it is worst question here on the stackexchange network please help to improve it because it's subject deserves to be existing and open for answers.

Update Practically, the help I need is following:

1. Does the question explain the idea of a problem of a special kind?
2. What can be done to reduce the question so only the idea of a such problem is shining clear?
3. Does the question probably belong to https://cs.stackexchange.com/?

Answer 1

I'm a Computer Science Stack Exchange moderator.

This question is at the interface between programming and computer science. It straddles the border between Prog.SE and CS.SE.

I don't think this question is suitable for Stack Exchange. It's broad, and fundamentally, it invites a list of examples rather than answers. Each answer would be an example of a “real-world problem in which only the best solution will do”. Stack Exchange is not good at such collections of examples.

I haven't read every word of your question. It's possible that there is some question related to your understanding of Cormen's question buried in there, but if so, you need to do the work of extracting it.

Answer 2

The reading of the title of the question reads as a poll asking for examples. If this is what is desired, then it is off topic because polling itself implies that there are multiple correct answers that may be at odds with each other.

While P.SE does stretch it a bit, from help - don't ask:

You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.

Asking for "Are there any real-world practical problems where only the best (exact) solution algorithm or program will do (but not the good-enough solution)?" - it is unclear what the actual problem that is faced is. This is where the unclear closure likely comes from.

Additionally, the last paragraph of the question:

I think that we live in a world where it is required from programming solutions to practical purposes to be good enough. In rare cases really very very good but still not the best ones. Isn't it? If it's not can you provide an example of such solved or unsolved problem of practical interest?

This sounds like a call for a discussion. Discussions don't work well in the Q&A format. We welcome such in chat, but as questions they just don't work.

The key for this to be reopened would be to address these issues in the question - don't poll for examples, make it clear what the problem that needs to be solved is, and don't try to have a discussion about the topic.

Answer 3

My question to you is why do you not accept the highest voted answer when at least in my professional opinion is correct and helpful?

However I need you to help me realize how I misstate good-enough and best concepts in my question.

That is exactly what the answerer did. I am not sure what you don't understand. He explained that the entire premise about the "exact" solution is wrongheaded. He explained to you even the authors intent. If this was truly what the question was asking for then it would be a great question. You explain though what you are really looking for...

Because from the lines you highlighted the only difference I see is that I'm asking about the problem that has to be solved programmatically. But that's the reason the question is on this site and not somewhere else.

There is no The Problem only a seemingly endless array of possible problems which doesn't really lead to any one correct answer. This doesn't fit the Q&A model well and generally doesn't lead to constructive content on the site. It would warrant an interesting discussion but this is not the place or forum for that kind of debate.

So I disagree it is unclear what you are asking, but I do agree it should be closed on the grounds that what you are looking for is polling for programming examples demonstrating the problem statement from the book.