Vocab Ordering Programming Competition


This is an ongoing programming competition to order the learning of the vocabulary for a particular text so that ability to read the text is optimized according to a particular scoring method.

There are currently four categories that differ in the text to be used. The texts vary considerably in length so different algorithms might be appropriate for different categories.

You can program in any programming language you like—all you need to submit to me is the result. You are encouraged, however, to make your code available publicly. Manual tweaking of the results to improve the score is allowed.

There are currently no prizes offered beyond the respect of your peers.

If you have any questions, please email me.

Pages in this category

Planning a Programming Competition
Posted Aug. 20, 2005
Programming Competition: Background
Posted Aug. 20, 2005
Programming Competition: The Texts
Posted Aug. 20, 2005; Updated Nov. 5, 2007
Programming Competition: Scoring Method
Posted Aug. 20, 2005; Updated Nov. 5, 2007
Programming Competition: Submission Format
Posted Aug. 20, 2005
Programming Competition: Results
Posted Aug. 20, 2005; Updated Nov. 6, 2007
Vocab Ordering Programming Competition
Posted Aug. 20, 2005
First Round of Programming Competition Results
Posted Aug. 22, 2005
New Leader in Programming Competition
Posted Sept. 20, 2005
William Bardon Takes the Lead In Category IV
Posted Sept. 26, 2005
Mark Ellison Regains Lead
Posted Nov. 8, 2005
Devin Kilminster Has Been Annealing
Posted Nov. 29, 2005
Tabu Search
Posted Nov. 5, 2007
Zellyn Hunter Takes Lead
Posted Nov. 6, 2007
Distance and Checksum Algorithms on Lists
Posted Nov. 10, 2007