Re:Why not write it as a video game?
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NaturePhotog
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· Score: 3, Informative
They've already done that. Scroll down and look for "Java and Common Lisp reference implementations". It allows you to play the game, and outputs the command string.
RTFA
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 5, Funny
Jees, with a summary like that I guess I have no choice but to RTFA. I hate it when I have to do that!
Genetic Algorithm
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Samus
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· Score: 2, Informative
Sounds like a pretty simple application for a genetic algorithm. I read a book that showed how to do path finding using a GA. You just need the right number and type of censors and the outputs would correspond to what jet to fire. After a while your NN would learn how to fly to any objective on the map. Sounds like a fun little problem.
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Re:Genetic Algorithm
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p3d0
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· Score: 2, Insightful
You would probably benefit from learning the difference between a genetic algorithm and a neural net.
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In case anyone's interested, there's a programming contest late tonight/early tomorrow morning, starting at 08:30 UTC on Nov. 20th (5:30am EST, I believe). It's hosted through the University of Valladolid. Contest details and the problemset will be at http://online-judge.uva.es/contest/when the contest begins. All you need to do is register an account on the UVA system, and submit your answers through the on-line submit-o-matic.
There are no prizes, the problems are not terribly hard (they are aimed at college-level participants), but you get geek points (whatever those are) and it's fun (in my opinion, at least).
This is the first time I can recall Slashdot reporting on a reasonably interesting (YMMV) programming contest that didn't end yesterday. This sets a real good standard. Keep it up!
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You can MAKE it into a shortest path problem.
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jgoemat
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· Score: 2, Interesting
You'd have to make a point on your graph for every possible pixel/velocity combination and link them together by each possible thrust value. You'd end up with on the order of 200,000 points and 600,000 or so links.
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They've already done that. Scroll down and look for "Java and Common Lisp reference implementations". It allows you to play the game, and outputs the command string.
Jees, with a summary like that I guess I have no choice but to RTFA. I hate it when I have to do that!
Sounds like a pretty simple application for a genetic algorithm. I read a book that showed how to do path finding using a GA. You just need the right number and type of censors and the outputs would correspond to what jet to fire. After a while your NN would learn how to fly to any objective on the map. Sounds like a fun little problem.
In Republican America phones tap you.
There are no prizes, the problems are not terribly hard (they are aimed at college-level participants), but you get geek points (whatever those are) and it's fun (in my opinion, at least).
This is the first time I can recall Slashdot reporting on a reasonably interesting (YMMV) programming contest that didn't end yesterday. This sets a real good standard. Keep it up!
Direct away from face when opening.
You'd have to make a point on your graph for every possible pixel/velocity combination and link them together by each possible thrust value. You'd end up with on the order of 200,000 points and 600,000 or so links.
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