Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Oct 21 19:39:13 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9M2dDYM031821 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:39:13 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9M2mk1W031554 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:46 -0700 Message-Id: <200810220248.m9M2mk1W031554@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Nature of the midterm Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:46 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > Is this the bottom up algorithm for building landmark hierarchy? An "algorithm" is not a "rule"! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Bill Cheng wrote: > Someone wrote: > > > I am not able to find the definition of "red rule" in the slides. Please > > suggest which lecture I should look for it. > > I've use this term many times during the landmark routing > lecture. Please check out the lecture video! > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Bill Cheng > wrote: > > Someone wrote: > > > > > What are the types of question we can expect in midterm other > > > that "ans in x words" or "problems on landmark routhing"? > > > Please let us know > > > > Sorry, other than what's on: > > > > http://merlot.usc.edu/cs551-f08/description.html#examqs > > > > I cannot say much more. One obvious example (which I won't > > ask during the exam) would be: > > > > In 15 words or less, please write down the "red rule". > > -- > > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu