Well I guess we can resubmit in those 8 mins. So if you want to improve your algorithm you can use the remaining mins when you feel that your code won't run in given 8 mins.
Its very tough but still its possible. Vinay Julme ************** On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > In real life, when someone asks you for an algorithm to solve a given > problem, do you think they have a judge program to check your results? > > No! In the real world your answers will be used as if they are > correct, you will do testing to satisfy yourself that your answer is > correct. And if your algorithm goes wrong you will get at best bug > reports that hurt your reputation, at worst you will crash the space > shuttle :-) > > If you think your algorithm might be wrong or too slow, test it. > Randomly create your own worst case large input, either from scratch > or by pertirbing the small input, does it run in 6 minutes or not? > Identify corner cases that might trip your algorithm up, and run them > in tests. > > You talk like your destiny is not in your own hands! > > On Friday, May 21, 2010, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I happen to agree with Deebashis Roy here.I would like to be able to > attempt for the large input several times as well.I am fine with having a > maximum limit on that though, like if you can allow only 5 attempts or > something of that sort, that would be fine too. > > > > > > But overall considering the fact that I am not one of the top coders out > there :), I would really like to get more chances to try the large input > once I know that my algorithm isn't great and there is scope of improvement, > or if I know that I have to convert my algorithm to a faster language like > C/C++. > > > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:27, TripleM <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I wouldn't interpret it that way at all. It makes perfect sense to me > > - it is extremely easy to have a tiny bug in your algorithm that > > invalidates your entire effort. These tiny mistakes are picked up in > > the small submissions; once you have got that correct you are expected > > to be able to solve the large input without any further help. > > > > On May 21, 5:25 pm, Debashis Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> The format of the contest doesn't look very fair, given the fact that a > person can submit the small data set multiple times in case of incorrect > result but cannot re-submit the large data set in case of time outs. > >> > >> To me, the small data set is more to check the accuracy of the algorithm > whereas the large data set is to check the efficiency of the algorithm. > >> > >> If that is true then what gcj is saying translates to "we will allow you > to correct your algorithm if you have an incorrect algorithm, but we will > not allow you to improve upon your algorithm if you have an inefficient > algorithm!!!" > >> > >> Any particular reason for this? :-) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Debashis > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Climate, controversies and the changing signatures of naturehttp:// > green.in.msn.com/ > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "google-codejam" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Dhruva Sagar. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > > > -- > Paul Smith > > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
