Articles Tagged: Software notations and tools
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Iterative numerical methods for nonlinear systems
By Marinka Zitnik, December 2012
Finding yourself using geolocation and the Google Maps API
By Colin J. Ihrig, September 2012
Using sentiment analysis to improve business operations
By Marinka Zitnik, June 2012
Simulating a Turing machine
By Malay Bhattacharyya, March 2012
Accessing the World Bank open data programmatically
By Anirvana Mishra, December 2011
Hands-on introduction to genetic programming
By Dmitry Batenkov, September 2010
Tools tutorials, part deux
By Bill Stevenson, July 2001
Why bison is becoming extinct
At some point in your career, you're going to implement a computer language. You probably won't be implementing Java or C++. You may not even recognize it as a language. Truth be told, there are an awful lot of domain-specific languages, or "little languages" [7] in common use:
- configuration files,
- HTML/XML documents,
- shell scripts,
- network protocols,
- mail headers,
- command-line arguments.
By John Aycock, July 2001
Common mistakes in online and real-time contests
Each year the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) arranges a worldwide programming contest. This contest has two rounds: the regional contests and the World Final. The teams with the best results in the regional contests advance to the World Final. The contest showcases the best programmers in the world to representatives of large companies who are looking for talent. When practicing for programming competitions, remember that all your efforts should be directed at improving your programming skills. No matter what your performance is in a contest, don't be disappointed. Success in programming contests is affected by factors other than skill, most importantly, adrenaline, luck, and the problem set of the contest. One way of getting immediate feedback on your efforts is to join the Valladolid Online Programming Practice/Contest or the online judge hosted by Ural State University (USU). Successfully solving problems increases your online ranking in the respective competitions.This article is for beginning programmers who are new to programming contests. I will discuss the common problems faced in contests, the University of Valladolid online judge, and the USU online judge. The suggestions are divided into three parts: General Suggestions, Online Contest Suggestions, and Valladolid-Specific Suggestions. Throughout this paper, please note that in real-time contests, the judges are human and in online contests, the judges are computer programs, unless otherwise noted.
By Shahriar Manzoor, July 2001