39-405 Engineering Design

Power Tournament

3.8 How to Get Started

1. create a directory. Let's say games.
   $ mkdir games
   $ cd games
   
   
2. download the simulator in the directory games.
   Access item 3.7 and download sim.tar.gz.
3. extract the simulator from the "tar" file.
   $ cd games
   games> gunzip sim.tar.gz
   games> tar xvf sim.tar
   
   
4. download a simple "game".
   Access item 4. and download game04.tar.gz.
   Save it in the directory games.
5. install game04.
   games> gunzip game04.tar.gz
   games> mkdir game04
   games> cd game04
   game04> tar xvf ../game04.tar
   
   
6. download some silly agents.
   Access 3.7 and download agents sp.cc and cs.cc in the directory games.
7. compile silly agents.
   games> g++ sp.cc -o sp -lm
   games> g++ cs.cc -o cs -lm
   
   
8. install silly agents in game04.
   game04> cp ../sp player01
   game04> cp ../sp player02
   game04> cp ../cs player03
   game04> cp ../cs player04
   
   
9. run a tournament.
   game04> cp ../stub .
   game04> ../sim private/game.inf
   
   
10. the outcome of the simulation is saved in the directory ~games/game04/private/state. A file with the final state after each period k is store in the subdirectories player??. Check section 3.3 out for more details.