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| − | My favorite demos were the Earth's Topography and the Traveling Salesman. | + | My favorite demos were the Earth's Topography and the Traveling Salesman. I don't know why it hadn't hit me up until this point, but seeing the 3D model of the globe with lighting based on all of those thousands of data points made me realize just how powerful MATLAB is and its potential to solve problems. (It also made all of the spreadsheet models I did in high school look like kindergarten work.) The Traveling Salesman actually showed a more 'everyday' use of MATLAB which would actually be much more difficult for someone to solve without a computer than it first appears. It look a solid minute for the program to figure out the shortest closed route around 50 cities (though that may have been because of connection reasons instead of it indicating MATLAB's performance itself), and watching it work through each possible route made me think of how useful such a program would have been when I was visiting family in Canada. |
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I'm a member of the class of 2017, and plan on earning a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with an Aerospace Certificate. I hope to work in both industry and academia after graduating.
Who's Managing the Nitrogen Cycle; locicero; Everything Rain Gardens; created 26 February 2013; accessed 3 September 2013 (Grand Challenge)
MATLAB Demo
My favorite demos were the Earth's Topography and the Traveling Salesman. I don't know why it hadn't hit me up until this point, but seeing the 3D model of the globe with lighting based on all of those thousands of data points made me realize just how powerful MATLAB is and its potential to solve problems. (It also made all of the spreadsheet models I did in high school look like kindergarten work.) The Traveling Salesman actually showed a more 'everyday' use of MATLAB which would actually be much more difficult for someone to solve without a computer than it first appears. It look a solid minute for the program to figure out the shortest closed route around 50 cities (though that may have been because of connection reasons instead of it indicating MATLAB's performance itself), and watching it work through each possible route made me think of how useful such a program would have been when I was visiting family in Canada.
