Comments on: Monopoly Fight! http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/ After all, it could only cost you your life, and you got that for free. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Paul Kuliniewicz http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1779 Paul Kuliniewicz Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:21:15 +0000 http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1779 Ah, if I add my probabilities for Just Visiting and Jail together, then I get something that agrees with their figure. That makes more sense now. Ah, if I add my probabilities for Just Visiting and Jail together, then I get something that agrees with their figure. That makes more sense now.

]]> By: Jeff Moser http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1778 Jeff Moser Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:51:54 +0000 http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1778 You're correct on #84. Did you use the simplifying assumption that "...we shall make no distinction between 'Just Visiting' and being sent to JAIL"? Let me know if you ever start ProjectEuler. I'm sure you'll blow by my 88/182 in no time. I've almost got all the problems that more than 1000 people have solved. Your better math skills will probably give you an advantage on the harder ones that have got me stumped right now. You’re correct on #84. Did you use the simplifying assumption that “…we shall make no distinction between ‘Just Visiting’ and being sent to JAIL”?

Let me know if you ever start ProjectEuler. I’m sure you’ll blow by my 88/182 in no time. I’ve almost got all the problems that more than 1000 people have solved. Your better math skills will probably give you an advantage on the harder ones that have got me stumped right now.

]]> By: Paul Kuliniewicz http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1777 Paul Kuliniewicz Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:42:30 +0000 http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1777 I haven't done any Project Euler yet, though it looks interesting. The existing Monopoly Fight! code gets you 99% of the way to the answer -- you'd just need to change a few constants in the function that does the dice roll. Actually, if I go ahead and do that, the output of `echo "XXYYZZ" | md5sum` is a129d5260f3a5dc625ded80af486632e; does that match what you get? Oddly, problem #84 gives the probability of landing on Jail as 6.24%, whereas my model gives 3.95% (short Jail stays), as does <a href="http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml">this independent analysis</a>. Our figures for <strike>Illinois Avenue</strike> E3 and Go are identical to the precision they give. Do I get credit for finding an error in the problem statement? I haven’t done any Project Euler yet, though it looks interesting. The existing Monopoly Fight! code gets you 99% of the way to the answer — you’d just need to change a few constants in the function that does the dice roll.

Actually, if I go ahead and do that, the output of `echo “XXYYZZ” | md5sum` is a129d5260f3a5dc625ded80af486632e; does that match what you get?

Oddly, problem #84 gives the probability of landing on Jail as 6.24%, whereas my model gives 3.95% (short Jail stays), as does this independent analysis. Our figures for Illinois Avenue E3 and Go are identical to the precision they give.

Do I get credit for finding an error in the problem statement?

]]> By: Jeff Moser http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1776 Jeff Moser Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:38:49 +0000 http://www.kuliniewicz.org/blog/archives/2008/02/16/monopoly-fight/#comment-1776 You should try <a href="http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=84">problem #84</a> on Project Euler. If you solve it, my solution is on page 3. It's horrifically long, but it was fun :) You should try problem #84 on Project Euler. If you solve it, my solution is on page 3. It’s horrifically long, but it was fun :)

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