The Yggdrasil Express

Difficulty: 7

Full Points Due Date: Thursday, 20 February

Write Up Instructions

You are encouraged to start playing around with character identities by writing your report from an in-world perspective. Remember that SoPHL has been tasked with finding a non-Steven-based solution for the Yggdrasil Express.

Your write-up must contain the following sections.

• All possible orders in which you could pick up the four packages. Feel free to give the packages indexes (1 2 3 4) or labels (R Y B G)

• A clear way to express or show the two delivery routes you are considering

• A discussion on the challenges you faced when trying to solve this problem. What were the parts of the puzzle that made you pause and think? What made this puzzle difficult?

  • Related to above: Add an explanation on why you chose these as the two options. What makes them interesting? Prior to calculation, what are the advantages of each?

• Your solution strategy. What are the steps you will take to solve the challenge and decide which route is better? Do you think one of your two routes is the fastest?

Your write-up can include (for extra rewards)

•Your solution where you test the two paths. Please make this easy to follow along.

Rewards

Awarded upon completion of write-up. I’m putting together the write up. For now, focus on building out a solution strategy for this challenge.

Problem-Solving Points

• Up to +15 for Solution Strategy & Map

• For Full Solution:

  • Solo Work: Up to +15 more points

  • Collaboration: Up to +10 more points

Critical Thinking

• Up to +15 depending on your strategy and solution

Collaboration

• Class Work Day on Tuesday, 4 February

  • 5*N distributed amongst teammates for the class workday (Tuesday, 4 Feb). You will have to report this to me

• Additional possible points

  • +10*N distributed amongst you teammates if you worked out your solution together.