There was a second discipline announced for the KNOBELN contest: The so-called evolution computation. The evolution computation tournament was run with 100 individuals per strategy. The three disqualified strategies were included initially (giving a total population of 3200 strategies) but are completely removed during the first generation because they don't score any points. Find below parts of the evolution of the population: columns: no per totalscore old new who no: running number of strategy per: percentage of population old: number of individuals in this round new: number of individuals in next round Results of generation 1 (Populationsize 3200): 1 5.3% 1608505000 100 -> 171 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 3.9% 1164284125 100 -> 124 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 3.5% 1068843450 100 -> 113 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 4.4% 1336579475 100 -> 142 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 3.4% 1029313200 100 -> 109 trailer 6 3.5% 1061895000 100 -> 113 the_empire_of_entropy 7 3.2% 959988100 100 -> 102 hungarian_blues 8 2.1% 635400000 100 -> 67 the_dutch_dream_team 9 2.5% 741677750 100 -> 79 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 10 4.4% 1327915000 100 -> 141 GameThrow 11 2.3% 706615800 100 -> 75 Natural_Forces 12 0.0% 0 100 -> 0 fribyte 13 0.0% 0 100 -> 0 The_God_of_Gods_of_Knobeln 14 0.0% 0 100 -> 0 skule_tm_rules_exclaim 15 3.2% 969776525 100 -> 103 team_renaissance 16 2.6% 796000000 100 -> 84 party_of_one 17 4.1% 1245400050 100 -> 132 the_propeller_heads 18 4.1% 1224205000 100 -> 130 RedDevils 19 3.7% 1124836300 100 -> 119 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 3.7% 1117802525 100 -> 119 Quantum_Leap 21 3.9% 1179785000 100 -> 125 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 3.7% 1108260650 100 -> 118 Ramdu 23 3.4% 1015055500 100 -> 108 infolab_team 24 3.8% 1160213225 100 -> 123 The_Sheep_Connection 25 3.6% 1084395000 100 -> 115 Timothy_Truckle 26 4.0% 1192185000 100 -> 126 math_against_entropy 27 3.6% 1094082825 100 -> 116 URi 28 2.9% 864031550 100 -> 92 cornflower 29 3.5% 1053287675 100 -> 112 the_knowing_knobler 30 3.0% 898960400 100 -> 95 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze 31 2.8% 834029950 100 -> 88 freckled_geckos 32 1.9% 562645000 100 -> 60 test2 Results of generation 2 (Populationsize 3200): 1 7.7% 3000715866 171 -> 247 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 3.9% 1528819343 124 -> 126 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 3.4% 1320466020 113 -> 109 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 5.5% 2141419534 142 -> 176 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 3.1% 1218276868 109 -> 100 trailer 6 3.5% 1354289858 113 -> 111 the_empire_of_entropy 7 2.7% 1054002006 102 -> 87 hungarian_blues 8 1.2% 467045543 67 -> 38 the_dutch_dream_team 9 1.7% 658027498 79 -> 54 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 10 5.5% 2131836105 141 -> 175 GameThrow 11 1.5% 596818500 75 -> 49 Natural_Forces 15 2.8% 1090425826 103 -> 90 team_renaissance 16 1.8% 703980816 84 -> 58 party_of_one 17 4.8% 1848253110 132 -> 152 the_propeller_heads 18 4.6% 1804207080 130 -> 148 RedDevils 19 3.7% 1443343741 119 -> 119 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 4.0% 1561727618 119 -> 129 Quantum_Leap 21 4.4% 1729583250 125 -> 142 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 3.9% 1514276713 118 -> 125 Ramdu 23 3.4% 1303588728 108 -> 107 infolab_team 24 3.9% 1521674636 123 -> 125 The_Sheep_Connection 25 3.8% 1460393395 115 -> 120 Timothy_Truckle 26 4.5% 1767188682 126 -> 145 math_against_entropy 27 3.9% 1511774089 116 -> 124 URi 28 2.2% 847120774 92 -> 70 cornflower 29 3.3% 1292617172 112 -> 106 the_knowing_knobler 30 2.3% 878649585 95 -> 72 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze 31 2.0% 772982628 88 -> 64 freckled_geckos 32 0.9% 360712440 60 -> 30 test2 Results of generation 3 (Populationsize 3200): 1 10.4% 4310899892 247 -> 332 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 3.6% 1494196672 126 -> 115 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 3.1% 1268663099 109 -> 98 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 6.6% 2741465364 176 -> 211 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 2.7% 1105205500 100 -> 85 trailer 6 3.3% 1355908623 111 -> 105 the_empire_of_entropy 7 2.1% 881748393 87 -> 68 hungarian_blues 8 0.6% 263551394 38 -> 20 the_dutch_dream_team 9 1.1% 456877935 54 -> 35 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 10 6.6% 2748803750 175 -> 212 GameThrow 11 1.0% 396623934 49 -> 31 Natural_Forces 15 2.3% 946722848 90 -> 73 team_renaissance 16 1.2% 480705160 58 -> 37 party_of_one 17 5.3% 2209741572 152 -> 170 the_propeller_heads 18 5.2% 2145859844 148 -> 165 RedDevils 19 3.4% 1419015738 119 -> 109 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 4.4% 1817314203 129 -> 140 Quantum_Leap 21 5.0% 2091322750 142 -> 161 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 4.1% 1707822500 125 -> 132 Ramdu 23 3.4% 1394675236 107 -> 107 infolab_team 24 3.6% 1505459750 125 -> 116 The_Sheep_Connection 25 4.0% 1648157160 120 -> 127 Timothy_Truckle 26 5.2% 2169602955 145 -> 167 math_against_entropy 27 4.2% 1749030571 124 -> 135 URi 28 1.5% 627335695 70 -> 48 cornflower 29 3.0% 1234151348 106 -> 95 the_knowing_knobler 30 1.5% 632764584 72 -> 49 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze 31 1.3% 539038944 64 -> 42 freckled_geckos 32 0.4% 176888730 30 -> 14 test2 Results of generation 4 (Populationsize 3200): 1 13.0% 5808439600 332 -> 415 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 2.9% 1321587762 115 -> 94 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 2.5% 1142202299 98 -> 82 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 7.6% 3427675060 211 -> 245 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 2.1% 934293395 85 -> 67 trailer 6 2.9% 1306445910 105 -> 93 the_empire_of_entropy 7 1.5% 684709476 68 -> 49 hungarian_blues 8 0.3% 138879500 20 -> 10 the_dutch_dream_team 9 0.7% 300715275 35 -> 21 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 10 7.8% 3479303720 212 -> 248 GameThrow 11 0.6% 253436253 31 -> 18 Natural_Forces 15 1.7% 770492224 73 -> 55 team_renaissance 16 0.7% 312287511 37 -> 22 party_of_one 17 5.8% 2609143595 170 -> 186 the_propeller_heads 18 5.7% 2534905395 165 -> 181 RedDevils 19 2.9% 1292606693 109 -> 92 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 4.8% 2128918435 140 -> 152 Quantum_Leap 21 5.6% 2528791419 161 -> 181 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 4.3% 1939579422 132 -> 138 Ramdu 23 3.4% 1510234487 107 -> 108 infolab_team 24 3.1% 1376247345 116 -> 98 The_Sheep_Connection 25 4.2% 1902054362 127 -> 136 Timothy_Truckle 26 5.9% 2663785103 167 -> 190 math_against_entropy 27 4.6% 2062024628 135 -> 147 URi 28 0.9% 424133256 48 -> 30 cornflower 29 2.5% 1124283342 95 -> 80 the_knowing_knobler 30 0.9% 417411302 49 -> 30 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze 31 0.8% 341928489 42 -> 24 freckled_geckos 32 0.2% 82054798 14 -> 6 test2 Results of generation 5 (Populationsize 3200): 1 15.1% 7309431935 415 -> 483 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 2.2% 1055825930 94 -> 70 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 2.0% 957303301 82 -> 63 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 8.6% 4158436450 245 -> 275 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 1.5% 733262941 67 -> 48 trailer 6 2.4% 1175811648 93 -> 78 the_empire_of_entropy 7 1.0% 494513831 49 -> 33 hungarian_blues 8 0.1% 69797280 10 -> 5 the_dutch_dream_team 9 0.4% 182586873 21 -> 12 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 10 8.8% 4248742200 248 -> 281 GameThrow 11 0.3% 147133404 18 -> 10 Natural_Forces 15 1.2% 586639322 55 -> 39 team_renaissance 16 0.4% 191804470 22 -> 13 party_of_one 17 6.3% 3031003083 186 -> 200 the_propeller_heads 18 6.1% 2957226870 181 -> 195 RedDevils 19 2.3% 1093439504 92 -> 72 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 5.1% 2484856518 152 -> 164 Quantum_Leap 21 6.2% 3017353079 181 -> 199 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 4.5% 2179332225 138 -> 144 Ramdu 23 3.4% 1643395608 108 -> 109 infolab_team 24 2.4% 1157297264 98 -> 76 The_Sheep_Connection 25 4.6% 2208800888 136 -> 146 Timothy_Truckle 26 6.6% 3210259000 190 -> 212 math_against_entropy 27 5.0% 2415469822 147 -> 160 URi 28 0.5% 263924535 30 -> 17 cornflower 29 2.0% 961372860 80 -> 64 the_knowing_knobler 30 0.5% 250822740 30 -> 17 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze 31 0.4% 189871764 24 -> 13 freckled_geckos 32 0.1% 35230140 6 -> 2 test2 Results of generation 10 (Populationsize 3200): 1 17.0% 10323003468 556 -> 545 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.2% 123241498 11 -> 7 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.3% 152402757 13 -> 8 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 10.7% 6492480520 338 -> 343 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.1% 76916203 7 -> 4 trailer 6 0.5% 319395144 24 -> 17 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.1% 52780375 5 -> 3 hungarian_blues 10 11.1% 6743435166 351 -> 356 GameThrow 15 0.1% 81391642 7 -> 4 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10092060 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 7.6% 4619301421 238 -> 244 the_propeller_heads 18 7.5% 4564358470 235 -> 241 RedDevils 19 0.3% 211426416 17 -> 11 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 6.6% 3971121018 203 -> 210 Quantum_Leap 21 7.8% 4707961212 244 -> 249 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.0% 3021556687 158 -> 160 Ramdu 23 3.3% 1978101192 106 -> 105 infolab_team 24 0.3% 210474807 17 -> 11 The_Sheep_Connection 25 5.9% 3595237215 183 -> 190 Timothy_Truckle 26 8.5% 5174070447 267 -> 273 math_against_entropy 27 6.5% 3915929450 200 -> 207 URi 28 0.0% 9192851 1 -> 0 cornflower 29 0.3% 201407100 16 -> 11 the_knowing_knobler 30 0.0% 8356925 1 -> 0 Die_knobelnden_Faulpelze Results of generation 15 (Populationsize 3200): 1 14.8% 9284562470 487 -> 473 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11529943 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11695978 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 10.8% 6785853058 347 -> 346 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11090666 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.1% 54336836 4 -> 3 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10735975 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 11.2% 7014020299 359 -> 358 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12167618 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10595324 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 8.3% 5202246717 262 -> 265 the_propeller_heads 18 8.2% 5143142487 259 -> 262 RedDevils 19 0.0% 25339292 2 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 7.3% 4591088132 230 -> 234 Quantum_Leap 21 8.0% 5028534016 256 -> 256 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3180256749 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 3.1% 1937012800 100 -> 99 infolab_team 24 0.0% 25486248 2 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 6.8% 4242091380 212 -> 216 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.0% 5635634290 286 -> 287 math_against_entropy 27 7.2% 4529395128 227 -> 231 URi 29 0.0% 25651400 2 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 20 (Populationsize 3200): 1 13.1% 8249863496 428 -> 419 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11702260 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11662187 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 10.6% 6661084415 340 -> 339 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11123957 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13709528 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10777993 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 10.9% 6853764400 350 -> 348 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12427491 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10775966 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 8.7% 5455757175 275 -> 277 the_propeller_heads 18 8.6% 5396219152 272 -> 274 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12746810 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 7.8% 4941148342 248 -> 251 Quantum_Leap 21 8.0% 5032363520 256 -> 256 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3185616681 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.9% 1854819425 95 -> 94 infolab_team 24 0.0% 12872329 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 7.3% 4610895828 231 -> 234 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5734615653 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 7.7% 4859639725 244 -> 247 URi 29 0.0% 12929828 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 25 (Populationsize 3200): 1 12.0% 7598767117 391 -> 385 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11831971 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11660790 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 10.4% 6543690093 333 -> 331 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11153846 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13813421 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10797337 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 10.6% 6700088032 341 -> 339 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12618196 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10875768 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 8.9% 5655164370 285 -> 286 the_propeller_heads 18 8.9% 5595392958 282 -> 283 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12816913 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 8.3% 5236561308 263 -> 265 Quantum_Leap 21 7.9% 5023025445 255 -> 254 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.0% 3192419709 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1787416449 91 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 12964674 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 7.8% 4906948962 246 -> 248 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5744911524 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 8.1% 5117145247 257 -> 259 URi 29 0.0% 13006321 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 30 (Populationsize 3200): 1 11.3% 7117662060 365 -> 361 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11882474 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11639654 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 10.2% 6426735212 327 -> 326 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11145746 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13849703 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10787920 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 10.4% 6564664122 334 -> 333 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12716699 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10916593 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.1% 5744746155 290 -> 291 the_propeller_heads 18 9.0% 5684912646 287 -> 288 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12840987 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 8.6% 5422078389 273 -> 275 Quantum_Leap 21 7.8% 4943412621 251 -> 251 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3190987629 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1770860070 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 12987882 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 8.1% 5112647490 257 -> 259 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5740164732 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 8.4% 5303181634 267 -> 269 URi 29 0.0% 13033486 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 40 (Populationsize 3200): 1 10.3% 6490757078 331 -> 329 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11972759 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11608381 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.9% 6241705591 317 -> 316 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11141951 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13902272 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10777701 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 10.1% 6379951392 324 -> 323 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12845247 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10984609 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.4% 5934074250 300 -> 301 the_propeller_heads 18 9.3% 5855289960 296 -> 297 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12893114 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 8.9% 5650121865 285 -> 286 Quantum_Leap 21 7.7% 4868901050 247 -> 247 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3192728967 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1776811410 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13038349 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 8.6% 5417406813 273 -> 274 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5741250453 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 8.7% 5512810264 278 -> 279 URi 29 0.0% 13072858 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 50 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.7% 6158051518 313 -> 312 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11994731 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11599135 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.6% 6094845780 309 -> 308 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11122658 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13943909 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10759878 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.9% 6252033768 317 -> 316 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12931596 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10987050 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.4% 5974171701 302 -> 302 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5914085151 299 -> 299 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12906990 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.2% 5841145582 295 -> 296 Quantum_Leap 21 7.7% 4852140408 246 -> 246 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3194393355 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1780545600 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13038034 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 8.9% 5608829072 283 -> 284 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5743590384 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.0% 5704239528 288 -> 289 URi 29 0.0% 13086045 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 60 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.4% 5969158176 303 -> 302 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11995258 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11583982 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6018270980 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11101827 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13962567 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10737808 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6156823296 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12975138 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10984775 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5991311112 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5931187500 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12910978 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5933578575 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4812993696 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3194076645 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1781708130 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13022192 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.1% 5739280960 290 -> 291 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5742100173 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5815790914 294 -> 294 URi 29 0.0% 13087823 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 61 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.4% 5950454584 302 -> 301 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11995206 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11581226 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6018303310 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11100708 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13966211 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10736488 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6156860112 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12981251 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10985623 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5991340806 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5931207600 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12914145 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5933605575 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4813024196 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3194099001 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1781883360 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13021868 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.1% 5758149696 291 -> 292 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5742118506 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5815828840 294 -> 294 URi 29 0.0% 13086354 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 62 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.4% 5931744392 301 -> 300 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11995154 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11578470 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6018335640 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11099589 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13969855 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10735168 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6156896928 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12987364 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10986471 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5991370500 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5931227700 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12917312 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5933632575 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4813054696 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3194121357 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1782058590 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13021544 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.1% 5777012096 292 -> 292 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5742136839 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5815866766 294 -> 294 URi 29 0.0% 13084885 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 63 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.4% 5911062600 300 -> 299 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11993818 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11574345 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6016389130 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11097242 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13967212 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10733416 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6154905744 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12987076 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10986138 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5989427361 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5929297800 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12914744 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5931706575 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4811496024 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3193088607 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1781647650 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13019859 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.1% 5775138040 292 -> 293 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5740263672 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5813990164 294 -> 295 URi 29 0.0% 13082218 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 64 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.3% 5894308992 299 -> 298 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11996145 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11574894 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6018400300 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11099250 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13977343 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10734376 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6156970560 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12999647 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10989359 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5991429888 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5931271800 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12921015 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5933682675 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4813112524 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3194161857 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1782409050 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13021914 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.2% 5795888377 293 -> 293 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5742173505 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5834761488 295 -> 295 URi 29 0.0% 13083075 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Results of generation 65 (Populationsize 3200): 1 9.3% 5873627084 298 -> 298 KNOBEL_IGEL 2 0.0% 11994809 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11570769 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 4 9.5% 6016453790 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 5 0.0% 11096903 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13974700 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10732624 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 10 9.7% 6154979376 312 -> 312 GameThrow 15 0.0% 12999359 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10989026 1 -> 1 party_of_one 17 9.5% 5989486749 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5929341900 300 -> 300 RedDevils 19 0.0% 12918447 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 20 9.4% 5931756675 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 21 7.6% 4811553852 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3193129107 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1781998110 90 -> 90 infolab_team 24 0.0% 13020229 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 25 9.2% 5794007903 293 -> 293 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5740300338 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 27 9.2% 5832878502 295 -> 295 URi 29 0.0% 13080408 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler No further changes from generation 65 on (Fixpoint reached) As we see, KNOBEL_IGEL performs extremely well in the beginning. Later on, however, its performance drops, because part of its success stems from its ability to exploit weaker opponents heavily. Since it is also a good cooperator, it nevertheless is successful even after the fraction weaker opponents in the population shrinks. Generation 65 sorted by number of individuals: 10 9.7% 6154979376 312 -> 312 GameThrow 4 9.5% 6016453790 305 -> 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 17 9.5% 5989486749 303 -> 303 the_propeller_heads 18 9.4% 5929341900 300 -> 300 RedDevils 20 9.4% 5931756675 300 -> 300 Quantum_Leap 1 9.3% 5873627084 298 -> 298 KNOBEL_IGEL 27 9.2% 5832878502 295 -> 295 URi 25 9.2% 5794007903 293 -> 293 Timothy_Truckle 26 9.1% 5740300338 291 -> 291 math_against_entropy 21 7.6% 4811553852 244 -> 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 5.1% 3193129107 162 -> 162 Ramdu 23 2.8% 1781998110 90 -> 90 infolab_team 2 0.0% 11994809 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 11570769 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 5 0.0% 11096903 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 13974700 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 10732624 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 15 0.0% 12999359 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 10989026 1 -> 1 party_of_one 19 0.0% 12918447 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 24 0.0% 13020229 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 29 0.0% 13080408 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler Considering the significant differences between the contestants, this means the winners of the evolution computation are in order 1. 9.7% 312 GameThrow 2. 9.5% 305 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 3. 9.5% 303 the_propeller_heads 4. 9.4% 300 RedDevils 5. 9.4% 300 Quantum_Leap 6. 9.3% 298 KNOBEL_IGEL 7. 9.2% 295 URi 8. 9.2% 293 Timothy_Truckle 9. 9.1% 291 math_against_entropy and then perhaps also 10. 7.6% 244 The_Spanish_Inquisition 11. 5.1% 162 Ramdu 12. 2.8% 90 infolab_team Once again there is a strange feeling that last year's participants were better than those of this year: The first three are 1993 strategies that were made when the evolution computation was not part of the contest at all! Note, however, that the above results are dependent on the size of the population: If it is small enough that the differences between "many weak strategy individuals" and "few weak strategy individuals" cannot become very large, then KNOBEL_IGEL is the clear winner, as the results of a 10-individuals-per-strategy evolution computation show: Results of generation 23 (Populationsize 320): 1 13.0% 80557050 42 -> 42 KNOBEL_IGEL 10 10.9% 67774315 35 -> 35 GameThrow 4 10.1% 62307704 32 -> 32 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 18 8.8% 54730844 28 -> 28 RedDevils 17 8.5% 52844346 27 -> 27 the_propeller_heads 21 8.1% 50438804 26 -> 26 The_Spanish_Inquisition 26 8.2% 50826256 26 -> 26 math_against_entropy 20 7.3% 45213550 23 -> 23 Quantum_Leap 27 7.3% 45203130 23 -> 23 URi 25 7.0% 43264386 22 -> 22 Timothy_Truckle 22 5.3% 32821832 17 -> 17 Ramdu 23 3.4% 21039293 11 -> 11 infolab_team 2 0.2% 1172637 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.2% 1159857 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 5 0.2% 1111103 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.2% 1361949 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.2% 1069406 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 15 0.2% 1235223 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.2% 1043225 1 -> 1 party_of_one 19 0.2% 1271082 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 24 0.2% 1288504 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 29 0.2% 1257951 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler No further changes from generation 23 on (Fixpoint reached) Still smaller populations make the effect even stronger. Result of 3-per-strategy population: Results of generation 9 (Populationsize 96): 1 18.1% 9407120 17 -> 17 KNOBEL_IGEL 4 11.9% 6159434 11 -> 11 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 10 11.7% 6103251 11 -> 11 GameThrow 21 9.6% 4976361 9 -> 9 The_Spanish_Inquisition 26 9.6% 5006385 9 -> 9 math_against_entropy 17 6.5% 3394719 6 -> 6 the_propeller_heads 18 6.5% 3391584 6 -> 6 RedDevils 20 4.3% 2260057 4 -> 4 Quantum_Leap 22 4.2% 2178854 4 -> 4 Ramdu 23 3.1% 1591920 3 -> 3 infolab_team 25 3.2% 1688286 3 -> 3 Timothy_Truckle 27 3.3% 1723696 3 -> 3 URi 2 0.7% 347720 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.7% 357402 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 5 0.6% 337573 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.8% 396177 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.6% 333401 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 9 0.5% 271897 1 -> 1 teenage_mutant_ninja_terrapins 15 0.6% 334648 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.6% 303597 1 -> 1 party_of_one 19 0.7% 368861 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 24 0.7% 383440 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 28 0.5% 279141 1 -> 1 cornflower 29 0.7% 378971 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler No further changes from generation 9 on (Fixpoint reached) Since larger populations result in finer balance of the strategies, I also tried a 1000-per-strategy population. This converges rather slowly, taking 291 generations, and produces the following result: Results of generation 291 (Populationsize 32000): 17 9.7% 612721189824 3099 -> 3099 the_propeller_heads 20 9.7% 612144925758 3096 -> 3096 Quantum_Leap 10 9.5% 604149429056 3056 -> 3056 GameThrow 18 9.5% 603804333522 3054 -> 3054 RedDevils 27 9.5% 601678405894 3043 -> 3043 URi 25 9.5% 599889628104 3034 -> 3034 Timothy_Truckle 4 9.3% 588129384762 2975 -> 2975 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 26 8.9% 563416944600 2850 -> 2850 math_against_entropy 1 8.0% 507441749135 2567 -> 2567 KNOBEL_IGEL 21 7.6% 482110621142 2438 -> 2438 The_Spanish_Inquisition 22 4.5% 282834830349 1431 -> 1431 Ramdu 23 4.2% 267408535056 1352 -> 1352 infolab_team 2 0.0% 120492520 1 -> 1 johnny_von_neu_menn 3 0.0% 114929913 1 -> 1 Inhabitants_of_Paper_Square 5 0.0% 110368014 1 -> 1 trailer 6 0.0% 139708596 1 -> 1 the_empire_of_entropy 7 0.0% 106692898 1 -> 1 hungarian_blues 15 0.0% 129581391 1 -> 1 team_renaissance 16 0.0% 110065031 1 -> 1 party_of_one 19 0.0% 128702875 1 -> 1 The_Thursday_Night_Hacker 24 0.0% 130404527 1 -> 1 The_Sheep_Connection 29 0.0% 130694862 1 -> 1 the_knowing_knobler No further changes from generation 291 on (Fixpoint reached) This choice for the population size would have yielded the following ranking (the second number is the ranking according to 100-per-strategy population): rank 1. 3 9.7% 3099 the_propeller_heads 2. 5 9.7% 3096 Quantum_Leap 3. 1 9.5% 3056 GameThrow 4. 4 9.5% 3054 RedDevils 5. 7 9.5% 3043 URi 6. 8 9.5% 3034 Timothy_Truckle 7. 2 9.3% 2975 Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team 8. 9 8.9% 2850 math_against_entropy 9. 6 8.0% 2567 KNOBEL_IGEL 10. 10 7.6% 2438 The_Spanish_Inquisition 11. 11 4.5% 1431 Ramdu 12. 12 4.2% 1352 infolab_team It seems that 'GameThrow' and 'Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team' also suffer a weak form of the 'exploitation-disease', while 'the propeller heads' and 'Quantum Leap' are the real great cooperators of this field of contestants. Note however, that this effect might be an artifact since the number of different strategies is only small and but a single game between each pair of strategies was used as basis of the extrapolation. However it may be, congratulations to GameThrow Jim_and_Daves_excellent_team the_propeller_heads RedDevils Quantum_Leap KNOBEL_IGEL URi Timothy_Truckle math_against_entropy for winning the evolution computation discipline of the KNOBELN contest ! That was it for this year. Thanks to all who participated. Please remember to send your strategy with description so that I can make a summary of that later. I hope that I will be able to organize another KNOBELN contest next year and that all of you will participate again (and make lots of propaganda so that we will have much larger field then). Bye Lutz