high_card_simulation_test

high_card_simulation_test, a MATLAB program which calls high_card_simulation() to simulate a game in which you have one chance to select the highest card from a deck.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Related Data and Programs:

high_card_simulation, a MATLAB program which simulates a situation in which you see the cards in a deck one by one, and must select the one you think is the highest and stop.

Source Code:

• high_card_simulation_test.m, calls all the tests.
• high_card_simulation_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• high_card_simulation_test.txt, the output file.
• high_card_simulation_test.m, calls all the tests.
• high_card_simulation_test01.m, estimates the chance of winning with a 100 card deck, and skips of 1, 11, 21, ..., 91 cards.
• high_card_simulation_test02.m, computes the chance of winning with a 100 card deck and any skip from 0 to 99, then makes a plot.
• high_card_simulation_test02.png, a plot illustrating the estimated probability of picking the high card after first skipping 0, 1, 2, ..., 99 cards.
• high_card_simulation_test03.m, computes the exact chances of winning with various skips, and a deck of 100 cards.
• high_card_simulation_test03.png, plots the exact chances of winning with various skips, and a deck of 100 cards.