Hashcode 2017/2018 qualification round solutions by TeamVoskos.

Extended round 2017 score:
     kittens Score:                          495538
     me_at_the_zoo Score:                    484699
     trending_today Score:                   335960
     videos_worth_spreading Score:           462598
  Total Score:                           1,778,795

Extended round 2018 score:
     a_example           10
     b_should_be_easy    176802
     c_no_hurry          14765689
     d_metropolis        10647531
     e_high_bonus        20011469
  Total Score:          45,610,818

Training (Pizza) round score:
    ~750,000

Team members:
  Giorgos Stamatakis
  Christos Spyridakis
  Tzanis Fotakis
  Nikolaos Bampaliaris
  

Instructions

To run qualif2017.py
   python qualif2017.py filename' 'output'

To run qualif2018.py
   python qualif2018.py

Dependencies: tqdm,numpy (pip install tqdm).


In folder PatchedSolutions, the optimal qualif17 round contains the cost function of the Stealth Phoenix team.
Their repo: https://github.com/plietar/hashcode2017.git
Also qualif18_good.py was slightly changed from repo: https://github.com/n1try/hashcode-2018/blob/master/rides.py