Looking for help with a loop algorithm

[Kasterborus]

I'm having trouble writing a loop using integer math that will
spit out 10 numbers and slowly make them all tend to 2048.

Ideally this loop should take about 400 iterations, and with each pass
calculate 10 values

i.e:

Starting iteration:
0 455 910 1365 1820 2275 2730 3185 3640 4095

Ending iteration:
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048

(or as close as can be eg.
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 ).

I can successfully make an 11 value sequence work, but 10 is proving
to be tricky...

Anyone know how to do this?

Steve

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On 2008-01-09 19:20, Kasterborus wrote:

I'm having trouble writing a loop using integer math that will
spit out 10 numbers and slowly make them all tend to 2048.

Ideally this loop should take about 400 iterations, and with each pass
calculate 10 values

i.e:

Starting iteration:
0 455 910 1365 1820 2275 2730 3185 3640 4095

Ending iteration:
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048

(or as close as can be eg.
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 ).

I can successfully make an 11 value sequence work, but 10 is proving
to be tricky...

Anyone know how to do this?

Nope, but those guys over in comp.programming might.

--
Erik Wikström

[Victor Bazarov]

Kasterborus wrote:

I'm having trouble writing a loop using integer math that will
spit out 10 numbers

Split out from where or by what criterion?

and slowly make them all tend to 2048.

What does it mean to "tend to N"? You might want to explain it when
you repost to the appropriate newsgroup. How "slowly" does it need
to happen? By steps of 1 or 10 or (2048-N)*0.66667 ?

Ideally this loop should take about 400 iterations,

How do you know?

and with each pass
calculate 10 values

i.e:

Starting iteration:
0 455 910 1365 1820 2275 2730 3185 3640 4095

Ending iteration:
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048

(or as close as can be eg.
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 ).

I can successfully make an 11 value sequence work, but 10 is proving
to be tricky...

What's the problem you're seeing? "Proving to be tricky" is not really
a good description of the problem you're running into.

Anyone know how to do this?

I believe you're in the wrong newsgroup. For help on generic algorithms
like the one you're seeking, try 'comp.programming'.

V
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[Leclerc]

(loosely connected to your problem)

you might do a google with ARMAX, ARX, AR, "output error", "Box-Jenkins"
.....

[Daniel T.]

Kasterborus <ka*********@yahoo.comwrote:

I'm having trouble writing a loop using integer math that will
spit out 10 numbers and slowly make them all tend to 2048.

Ideally this loop should take about 400 iterations, and with each pass
calculate 10 values

i.e:

Starting iteration:
0 455 910 1365 1820 2275 2730 3185 3640 4095

Ending iteration:
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048

(or as close as can be eg.
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 ).

I can successfully make an 11 value sequence work, but 10 is proving
to be tricky...

Care to share the code? Maybe if you do we can show a simple edit that
will do the trick.

[nullius.filius]

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What you are looking for is called a "fixed point" search. This is
when you apply a function to a guess (which improves the guess),
and then apply the function to the improved guess.

As a trivial example of a "fixed point" search, you might average
your guess with your fixed point and then use the result as an
improved guess. For example, if I want to converge to the point
42, then I might use this averaging formula:

x = (x + 42)/2

Of course if I want to converge to 2048, I would not use 42, but
an entirely different value.

Kasterborus wrote:

I'm having trouble writing a loop using integer math that will
spit out 10 numbers and slowly make them all tend to 2048.

Ideally this loop should take about 400 iterations, and with each pass
calculate 10 values

i.e:

Starting iteration:
0 455 910 1365 1820 2275 2730 3185 3640 4095

Ending iteration:
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048

(or as close as can be eg.
2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 ).

I can successfully make an 11 value sequence work, but 10 is proving
to be tricky...

Anyone know how to do this?

Steve