Project 3: Mutation

Course: COMS 4444 Programming and Problem Solving (F2019)
Uni: Columbia University
Instructor: Prof. Kenneth Ross
TAs: Vaibhav Darbari, Chengyu Lin

User Guide

• First compile the simulator javac mutation/sim/*.java
• Extend mutation.sim.Player class to implement your idea.
• Your player will be interacting with mutation.sim.Console. There are 3 public methods that you may need to use:
  • String Mutate(String genome): it performs m mutations. The string genome must have length exactly 1000. If you exceeds the limit of experiments, it will return an empty string.
  • int getNumberOfMutations(): returns the number of mutations performed for the last Mutate(genome) call.
  • boolean Guess(Mutagen guess): returns true if your guess exactly matches the hidden mutagen.
• Running your player with java mutation.sim.Simulator -p g0 (replace g0 with your group number). Other useful parameters are:
  • -c [path] | --cfgpath [path]: path to the hidden mutagen. Default value is mutagen.cfg.
  • -g | --gui: enable GUI
  • --fps [fps]: set fps for GUI. Default value is 5.
  • -m [m]: set the number of mutations per experiment. Default value is 1.
  • -t [t] | --trials [t]: set the maximum number of experiments. Default value is 100,000.
  • -tl [limit] | --timelimit [limit]: set the time limit in millisecond. Note that the computation within console is also considered. Default value is 60,000.