Rest and relaxation...oh I wish...nope, this time it's RAILROADS!!! Last time I showed you how we placed bus stations, this time I'm going to give you an inside look at where ZooElite decides to put railroad stations. This is all subject to change, but the general idea will stay the same. Full info after the jump!

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So ZooElite, our AI for Transport tycoon I mentioned earlier is now in full development. One of the first things I've been working on is determining the optimal placement for a given number of bus stations in a given city. This little info bit will explain how I'm choosing station placements. Read on for details!

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So for this post I had to create a whole new category of posts called TTD AI, in the future, the whole series can be found HERE. Anyways, this semester I am doing independent research with a friend on Intelligent Geographic Transportation Networks. At least that's the mouthful of jibber we can up with to describe this project. In reality, we are creating an AI (Artificial Intelligence) program for the game Transport Tycoon. Because I will be posting a lot this semester about my progress on the project, I wanted to give some background on what we hope to accomplish, what the game is about and why we chose it, and why any of this matters. More after the jump!

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So the other day I was letting my mind wander in CS, as I do so frequently. I looked to my left, I looked to my right, and I looked in front of me. All three people had laptops out, and all three were simultaneously and independently browsing fmylife. I had forgotten my laptop. FML

In honor of the first day of shopping period at Yale. I recently was mailed a guide to shopping the most depressing classes possible, so I figured I'd share it. When you feel overwhelmed by all the classes you are shopping, just check out this schedule and be glad it's not yours:

EP&E 307: Genocide & Ethnic Conflict

ECON 470: American Financial Crises

G&G 100: Natural Disasters

WGSS 386: Women in the Arab World

GMAN 271: Jews & Germans

Yes, this is an actual schedule you could take. Best of luck picking out classes! I've decided that I'm not taking the class I'm sitting in right now, so that free'd up some time to write this post. Also, one of the reviews from a class I have to take reads: "Expect an insanely huge workload, and that it will affect your performance in other classes. Saying that the amount of work for this class is 'much greater' than for other classes doesn't capture how much it really is." FML. Happy Shopping