Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
laziness, impatience, and hubris
 
PerlMonks  

Re: [OT] Perl / Computer Science Science Fair Projects

by kyle (Abbot)
on Sep 08, 2008 at 14:53 UTC ( [id://709785]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to [OT] Perl / Computer Science Science Fair Projects

I might suggest the old animal guessing game. The program has a list of questions with yes/no answers and a binary tree that leads to the animal that fits the answers to the questions. If the user thinks of an animal that it can't guess, it requests a question to distinguish it from it's best guess and updates its tree.

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: [OT] Perl / Computer Science Science Fair Projects
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Sep 08, 2008 at 16:06 UTC

    The solution for this one involves decision processing (if/else), looping and loop termination, at least one search algorithm (binary), decision trees, and other topics at the core of CS. Using a program to study the algorithm might be sufficient for part or all of a project of this size, depending on the skill and experience of your sister.

    --MidLifeXis

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://709785]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others having an uproarious good time at the Monastery: (6)
As of 2024-03-28 12:39 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found