MA/CS 375

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MA/CS 375

• Lecture 40
• Fall 2002
• Battling Pixies Competition

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Listen Carefully

• The following instructions are complex.
• In order to complete the competition in 30
  minutes you must pay attention and be quiet for
  the instructions !.
• Anyone being disruptive will lose points for
  their team.

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Tournament Instructions

1. Sit as a group in your teams each team collects
   one information packet from me
2. Log into 5 PCs
3. Start up Matlab on each PC
4. All teams must mail the following files to me
   GPinit.m, EPinit.m, GPmove.m and EPmove.m
5. MENTION YOUR TEAM NUMBER IN THE EMAIL!

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• Label each PC with Team1PC, Team2PC, Team3PC,
  Team4PC, Team5PC using the given labels.
• On Team1 PC1) make directory Team1EP on the
  DESKTOP2) make directory Team1GP on the
  DESKTOP3) Download tourn.m to each
  directory
• 4) Download compete.jpg to each directory
• 5) Copy your GPmove.m and GPinit.m to the
  Team1EP folder
• 6) Download Team 1s EPmove.m and EPinit.m to the
  Team1EP folder
• 7) Copy your EPmove.m and EPinit.m to the Team1GP
  folder
• 8) Download Team 1s GPmove.m and GPinit.m to
  theTeam1GP folder
• 3) Repeat for Team2 PC, Team3 PC, Team4 PC, Team5
  PC

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Instructions cont
4) In Matlab 1) cd to the TeamEP directory
2) type clear all close all
tourn 5) Note the GPscore and the EPscore at the
appropriate place onthe score sheet (GPscore
below the diagonal, EPscore above) 6) In
Matlab 1) cd to the TeamGP directory
2) type clear all close all tourn 7)
Note the GPscore and the EPscore at the
appropriate place onthe score sheet (GPscore
below the diagonal, EPscore above) 8) When all
10 cases have been run by the team submit the
scoresheets.
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Instructions cont.
If any teams code does not work report it
immediately
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Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Totals
EP
GP
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Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Totals
EP
GP
Example score sheetfilled in by Team 2
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Team 1 PC
10
Team 2 PC
11
Team 3 PC
12
Team 4 PC
13
Team 5 PC
14
Team 1
15
Team 2
16
Team 3
17
Team 4
18
Team 5