On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Benjamin Caplan
<celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To reduce long-term ambiguity, I deposit all my crops in the IBA in the
> order that maximizes the net amount of zm thereby gained.


If this is correct:

Player         0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   X WRV
Pavitra        1   7   0   2   2   2   2   1   3  13   4   1

then you deposited crops as follows:

total: 728 zm
prev=0    deposit WRV        gained 130 * 1.00 = 130 zm
prev=1    deposit X Crop        gained 100 * 1.00 = 100 zm
prev=2    deposit X Crop        gained 100 * 1.00 = 100 zm
prev=3    deposit X Crop        gained 100 * 1.00 = 100 zm
prev=4    deposit X Crop        gained 100 * 0.90 = 90 zm
prev=5    deposit 6 Crop        gained 50 * 0.90 = 45 zm
prev=6    deposit 6 Crop        gained 50 * 0.90 = 45 zm
prev=7    deposit 5 Crop        gained 27 * 0.80 = 22 zm
prev=8    deposit 5 Crop        gained 27 * 0.80 = 22 zm
prev=9    deposit 4 Crop        gained 23 * 0.80 = 18 zm
prev=10    deposit 4 Crop        gained 23 * 0.73 = 17 zm
prev=11    deposit 3 Crop        gained 21 * 0.62 = 13 zm
prev=12    deposit 3 Crop        gained 21 * 0.50 = 11 zm
prev=13    deposit 7 Crop        gained 19 * 0.38 = 7 zm
prev=14    deposit 8 Crop        gained 12 * 0.26 = 3 zm
prev=15    deposit 8 Crop        gained 12 * 0.18 = 2 zm
prev=16    deposit 8 Crop        gained 12 * 0.12 = 1 zm
prev=17    deposit 0 Crop        gained 11 * 0.08 = 1 zm
prev=18    deposit 1 Crop        gained 11 * 0.05 = 1 zm
prev=19    deposit 1 Crop        gained 11 * 0.03 = 0 zm
prev=20    deposit 1 Crop        gained 11 * 0.01 = 0 zm
prev=21    deposit 1 Crop        no gain
prev=22    deposit 1 Crop        no gain
prev=23    deposit 1 Crop        no gain
prev=24    deposit 1 Crop        no gain
prev=25    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=26    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=27    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=28    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=29    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=30    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=31    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=32    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=33    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=34    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=35    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=36    deposit 9 Crop        no gain
prev=37    deposit 9 Crop        no gain

This is manifestly unfair, although you should have realized the
diminishing returns would kick in.  Hmm...

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