#MedianPlayer

This player attempt to be the meanest (well, medianness) one left.

It votes to eliminate the smartest and dumbest opponents (with a slight bias towards voting off the smartest), depending on if there are more or less smarter/dumber than themself.

package WeakestLink.Players;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class MedianPlayer extends Player {
  @Override
  public int vote(Set<Integer> currentOpponents) {
    int smrt = getSmartness();

    //count number of players smarter/stupider than me
    Iterator<Integer> opps = currentOpponents.iterator();
    int cnt_smrt=0, cnt_stpd=0, min_stpd=10, max_smrt=0;

    while(opps.hasNext()){
      int opp_smrt = opps.next().intValue();
      if(opp_smrt > smrt){
        cnt_smrt++;
        if(opp_smrt > max_smrt)
          max_smrt = opp_smrt;
      } else if(opp_smrt < smrt){
        cnt_stpd++;
        if(opp_smrt < min_stpd)
          min_stpd = opp_smrt;
      }
    }

    // the middle must hold
    if(cnt_stpd>cnt_smrt)
      return min_stpd;
    else
      return max_smrt;
  }
}

framework blatantly stolen from @Linus above.

MedianPlayer

This player attempt to be the meanest (well, medianness) one left.

It votes to eliminate the smartest and dumbest opponents (with a slight bias towards voting off the smartest), depending on if there are more or less smarter/dumber than themself.

package WeakestLink.Players;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class MedianPlayer extends Player {
  @Override
  public int vote(Set<Integer> currentOpponents) {
    int smrt = getSmartness();

    //count number of players smarter/stupider than me
    Iterator<Integer> opps = currentOpponents.iterator();
    int cnt_smrt=0, cnt_stpd=0, min_stpd=10, max_smrt=0;

    while(opps.hasNext()){
      int opp_smrt = opps.next().intValue();
      if(opp_smrt > smrt){
        cnt_smrt++;
        if(opp_smrt > max_smrt)
          max_smrt = opp_smrt;
      } else if(opp_smrt < smrt){
        cnt_stpd++;
        if(opp_smrt < min_stpd)
          min_stpd = opp_smrt;
      }
    }

    // the middle must hold
    if(cnt_stpd>cnt_smrt)
      return min_stpd;
    else
      return max_smrt;
  }
}

framework blatantly stolen from @Linus above.

#MedianPlayer

This player attempt to be the meanest (well, medianness) one left.

It votes to eliminate the smartest and dumbest opponents (with a slight bias towards voting off the smartest), depending on if there are more or less smarter/dumber than themself.

package WeakestLink.Players;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class MedianPlayer extends Player {
  @Override
  public int vote(Set<Integer> currentOpponents) {
    int smrt = getSmartness();

    //count number of players smarter/stupider than me
    Iterator<Integer> opps = currentOpponents.iterator();
    int cnt_smrt=0, cnt_stpd=0, min_stpd=10, max_smrt=0;

    while(opps.hasNext()){
      int opp_smrt = opps.next().intValue();
      if(opp_smrt > smrt){
        cnt_smrt++;
        if(opp_smrt > max_smrt)
          max_smrt = opp_smrt;
      } else if(opp_smrt < smrt){
        cnt_stpd++;
        if(opp_smrt < min_stpd)
          min_stpd = opp_smrt;
      }
    }

    //remove low-value, then dangerous players
    if(cnt_stpd>cnt_smrt)
      return min_stpd;
    else
      return max_smrt;
  }
}

framework blatantly stolen from @Linus above.

#MedianPlayer

This player attempt to be the meanest (well, medianness) one left.

It votes to eliminate the smartest and dumbest opponents (with a slight bias towards voting off the smartest), depending on if there are more or less smarter/dumber than themself.

package WeakestLink.Players;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class MedianPlayer extends Player {
  @Override
  public int vote(Set<Integer> currentOpponents) {
    int smrt = getSmartness();

    //count number of players smarter/stupider than me
    Iterator<Integer> opps = currentOpponents.iterator();
    int cnt_smrt=0, cnt_stpd=0, min_stpd=10, max_smrt=0;

    while(opps.hasNext()){
      int opp_smrt = opps.next().intValue();
      if(opp_smrt > smrt){
        cnt_smrt++;
        if(opp_smrt > max_smrt)
          max_smrt = opp_smrt;
      } else if(opp_smrt < smrt){
        cnt_stpd++;
        if(opp_smrt < min_stpd)
          min_stpd = opp_smrt;
      }
    }

    // the middle must hold
    if(cnt_stpd>cnt_smrt)
      return min_stpd;
    else
      return max_smrt;
  }
}

framework blatantly stolen from @Linus above.