Alice is playing a game with Bob where they are competing to get the smallest score. They start with a large number with digits. Alice starts by removing either the first digit or the last digit from the number, and adding that to her score. Bob continues by doing the same thing to the new -digit number. They continue taking turns removing digits until there are no more digits in the number. Assume both players play optimally. Example: Let the number they’re playing with be which has digits. The optimal score for Alice (who starts the game) will be 11 (digits 9, 2), whereas Bob scores 14 (digits 5, 9). We can let be the optimal score of Alice when her turn starts and there are digits through of left. The goal is to design an efficient dynamic programming algorithm to compute the optimal score Alice can achieve. The table has size

(Past ROBO PhD Qualifying Exam Question)

Find a state feedback controlleru=-Kx+r that places all the eigenvalues of the system at -2. Find the corresponding transfer function Y/R for y=x2+x1. Find r in A  such that y will track yd=1+t.

(lecture; p. 306) At a high school, Charlie finds that his classmates are doing better than he is despite the fact that he thinks he’s worked harder than they have. Consequently, Charlie feels resentment. Charlie’s feelings are an example of _____.

The oil lamp in the middle of the table is an example of: ( copyright Universal Pictures)

Controlling what is lit and what is not lit is important to the look of a shot.  What is it you are trying to control and list three ways to control it.

Soft boxes use this to control unwanted light from spreading:

A high contrast style of lighting means using this technique on faces of characters.

To draw an audience into part of a specific character’s face, the DP will most often call for the light to be on the smart side which means: 

This type of light will cast the sharpest – well defined shadows: