Problem 650. Steal, Share, or Catch

Created by Doug Hull

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You, I, and a few other characters are going to play a game of Steal, Share or Catch. We are going to play it 10,000 times vs. each of the characters.The rules of the game are this:<ul><li>There are two points available each round</li><li>We will both choose to either Steal, Share, or Catch</li></ul><ul><li>If we both choose Share, we both get one point.</li><li>If one chooses Steal and the other Share, the Stealer gets two points.</li><li>If one chooses Steal and the other Catch, the Catcher gets two points.</li><li>Any other combination, no one is awarded points.</li></ul>You are to write an algorithm that will return either<ul><li>-1: Steal</li><li>0: Share</li><li>1: Catch</li></ul>To help you make your choice, you will have a history vector that shows what your choices have been so far, and what the opponent's choices have been. These histories are in the form of:<pre class="language-matlab">[-1
 1
 1
 0]
</pre>Meaning that the first round there was a Steal, then two Catches, then a share.The characters you will play against are:<ul><li>Evil (always steals)</li><li>Good (always shares)</li><li>Chaos (randomly chooses)</li><li>Doug (Something more complicated)</li></ul>As this problem runs, I will take the better entries and add them into the cast of characters that you play against. Maybe in a different Cody problem though.The scores to beat are:<pre class="language-matlab">terribleScore = 0; % works
badScore = 23000; % good strategy scores this
okScore = 26000; % evil strategy scores this
decentScore = 29000; % chaos strategy scores this
greatScore = 42000; % doug strategy scores this
</pre>If you can make a winning solution here, it might be added to the <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/653-steal-share-or-catch-tournament-of-champions">Tournament of Champions</a> version of this problem. E-mail me if you want yours added.

You, I, and a few other characters are going to play a game of *Steal, Share or Catch*.  We are going to play it 10,000 times vs. each of the characters.

The rules of the game are this:

* There are two points available each round
* We will both choose to either Steal, Share, or Catch

* If we both choose Share, we both get one point.
* If one chooses Steal and the other Share, the Stealer gets two points.
* If one chooses Steal and the other Catch, the Catcher gets two points.
* Any other combination, no one is awarded points.

You are to write an algorithm that will return either

* -1: Steal
*  0: Share
*  1: Catch

To help you make your choice, you will have a history vector that shows what your choices have been so far, and what the opponent's choices have been.  These histories are in the form of:

[-1
    1
    1
    0]

Meaning that the first round there was a Steal, then two Catches, then a share.

The characters you will play against are:

* Evil  (always steals)
* Good  (always shares)
* Chaos (randomly chooses)
* Doug  (Something more complicated)

As this problem runs, I will take the better entries and add them into the cast of characters that you play against.  Maybe in a different Cody problem though.

The scores to beat are:

terribleScore   =     0; % works
  badScore        = 23000; % good  strategy scores this
  okScore         = 26000; % evil  strategy scores this
  decentScore     = 29000; % chaos strategy scores this
  greatScore      = 42000; % doug  strategy scores this

If you can make a winning solution here, it might be added to the <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/653-steal-share-or-catch-tournament-of-champions Tournament of Champions> version of this problem. E-mail me if you want yours added.

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I lost to Doug.

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