Unstoppable contest force David Jones won the Big Push by making the greatest cumulative improvement to the top score on Sunday. SY was close behind him, submitting an entry that would have put him in first place one second after the midnight deadline. Ouch! Sunday also saw significant contributions from Jan Langer, YC, Fel, and MikeR.
As I usually do, I’ve now posted a heavily commented version of the leading code so that those of you who aren’t in the ‘thick of it’ can have an opportunity to understand the alogrithms behind the solutions to this problem.
The MATLAB Programming Contest is a semi-annual competition where contestants submit MATLAB code to try to solve a challenge. For more information, see the overview.
As I usually do, I’ve now posted a heavily commented version of the leading code so that those of you who aren’t in the ‘thick of it’ can have an opportunity to understand the alogrithms behind the solutions to this problem.
The code is entry 47616 viewable at:
http://www.mathworks.com/contest/wiring.cgi/view_submission.html?id=47616
Hope this helps!