In Praise of Tweaking

This paper presents the results of the second annual Matlab tweaking competition. In this contest, users are tasked with solving an algorithmic problem while minimizing a 'score' created by composing various metrics about the algorithm's performance, such as speed and resources consumed. All submitted algorithms are immediately available to all other contestants, and so a new solution can (and is encouraged) to be created by 'tweaking' someone else's work. In this way, programmers are encouraged to adopt a greater community-centered process.

Although the idea presented was intriguing, this is a magazine article and contributes little to the scientific community.