[gcj] Re: Should I switch to C for competitive programming (not for string-related problems, though).

2016-05-16 Thread bigOnion
On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 4:22:38 AM UTC+3, vladimirr...@gmail.com wrote: > I've been programming in Java. Does it make sense to switch to C for integer > or character-related problems? I don't think so. I am a Python programmer myself, but as far as I know, when it come to GCJ the only benefit

[gcj] Re: Swithing from python to c++ for competitive programming. Any tips?

2016-05-05 Thread bigOnion
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:29:05 PM UTC+3, Amit Attia wrote: > Hello, > I'm new to competitive programming, currently at GCJ round 2. I program using > python, but familier with cpp from university course. I want to switch, but I > don't feel like my cpp skills are flexible enough for competi

[gcj] Re: Just missed the deadline

2016-04-11 Thread bigOnion
On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 8:45:43 AM UTC+3, Ameya Sunil Bongale wrote: > Hello All, > > I just narrowly missed the deadline to register. Can someone help me find out > if I can still register. > > Thanks Better luck next year -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [gcj] a Linear Programming approach to problem B of round 2

2015-06-15 Thread bigOnion
n Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Edward Lockhart wrote: > Yes - see for example linguo's solution. > > He solved bilingual as an integer linear programming problem too. > > > > Edward > > > > > > > On 9 Jun 2015, at 21:09, bigOnion wrote

Re: [gcj] a Linear Programming approach to problem B of round 2

2015-06-10 Thread bigOnion
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 2:37:00 PM UTC+3, M.H. wrote: > > 1. Do you know if octave and GLPK run smoothly on windows? > > Yes, both of them run on Windows, however I experienced several > 'corner-cases'. E.g., I am not aware if modern Octave GUI (introduced in > 3.8.x) is already available

Re: [gcj] a Linear Programming approach to problem B of round 2

2015-06-10 Thread bigOnion
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 10:16:19 AM UTC+3, M.H. wrote: > >> I know that obviously coding a solution to LP is much harder than the > >> simple analysis of this specific problem. > > I think, GNU Octave + GLPK are acceptable tools in this contest (as both of > them are open-source and free)

[gcj] a Linear Programming approach to problem B of round 2

2015-06-09 Thread bigOnion
During round 2 I recognized that problem B can be described as a Linear Programming problem. There are two restrictions: R_1 * t_1 + ... + R_n * t_n = V C_1 * R_1 * t_1 + ... + C_n * R_n * t_n = V * X t_1, ..., t_n are all non-negative Finally the objective is: Minimize (max{t_1, ..., t_n} )

[gcj] An approach to round 2 problem D - without using dynamic programming at all

2015-06-09 Thread bigOnion
Hi all, I suggest another approach for solving problem D of round 2. My approach does not need any dynamic programming, but I do use combinatorial methods instead. And also I do still need to enumerate in order to find solutions to some linear equation. Unfortunately for me, I thought about it

[gcj] Re: Any recommendations on how to prepare for Google Code Jam challenge

2015-04-20 Thread bigOnion
On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:20:55 PM UTC+3, Неугомонный wrote: > Hi, this must've been already asked here but I couldn't find any links, > please refer to existing post if I'm repeating someone's question. > > What is the best way to prepare for this challenge? Just your thoughts in few >

[gcj] Re: A strange claim in the analysis of Problem D (qualification round)

2015-04-15 Thread bigOnion
I meant "a specific context" and not "content". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this gro

[gcj] A strange claim in the analysis of Problem D (qualification round)

2015-04-15 Thread bigOnion
The analysis says that whenever you are left with a connected blank space (not necessarily rectangular) whose size is divisible by X - then you can fill it up with X-ominoes: " If a connected blank area of size M is a multiple of X, it can be guaranteed that there is a way to place M/X X-ominoe

[gcj] Re: Clarification

2014-05-03 Thread bigonion
You got the input wrong. when you have two numbers in a row, it DOESN'T mean that the outbound must be from left to right and the return flight from right to left. You can fly right to left as outbound flight, and the return will be from left to right. Notice the way the input was described in t

Re: [gcj] Qualification Round Contest Analysis

2014-04-24 Thread bigonion
Such a post is just unfair towards the organizers. They organize a competition. They do not organize a course. If you really needed an explanation earlier, you could just post a question on this very forum. I bet someone would be willing to give you a full solution with additional explanation on

Re: [gcj] Qualification Round Contest Analysis

2014-04-24 Thread bigonion
On Friday, April 25, 2014 12:50:05 AM UTC+3, Alex Polozov wrote: > On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 1:29:22 PM UTC-7, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > > > You must not have competed two years ago. We used to be way later. :-) > > > > > > > > > We'll get them up soon™, and email this list when they're

[gcj] A suggestion for the organizers to prevent errors in submissions

2014-04-15 Thread bigonion
Hi, Great contest! I participate for quite a few times already. I found some questions in the qualification round harder this year than previous ones. Anyway, I was just checking http://www.go-hero.net/jam/14/unknown which shows the unidentified submissions in the qualification round. It seems

[gcj] Re: Commented Source Code together with Contest Analysis

2013-05-06 Thread bigonion
Agree with Stanislav as well. Although it seems counter intuitive, looking at code is NOT helpful. You have to understand the analysis before looking at the code, otherwise you waste your time. As these codes might have principles which are more advanced than simple conditions/loops such as dyna

Re: [gcj] Re: Violations observed

2013-05-05 Thread bigonion
On Sunday, May 5, 2013 6:48:17 AM UTC+3, CoderBaba wrote: > Well contrary to what Bartholomew Furrow said I think the violators should > have been disqualified from Qualification round. In that case these emails > would not have come in one after another. > In the qualification round it's not

[gcj] Re: Violations observed

2013-05-04 Thread bigonion
Also the ones in ranks 955, 987 should be checked. ICY, good job, but it might be the case that your script only compares programs with the same extension. You should compare any two files no matter what the extension is. I actually don't have such program of my own, just looked at sources from

[gcj] Re: Violations observed

2013-05-04 Thread bigonion
Also, wrong code for B by Kiwiluver75 (rank 959) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this gro