The assignment starter files also include three demos that use your PQHeap and topK as tools to explore large data sets and display some neat data visualizations. Once you’ve completed those tasks, try these demos to see your code in action! To run the demos, select the option to run tests from the demos.cpp file and then follow the instructions on the GUI window.
- Earthquakes (requires working
topKimplementation): The U.S. Geological Survey operates a global network of seismometers and publishes lists of earthquakes updated every hour. Where are these earthquakes? How big are they?- This demo reads a live data feed from the USGS is occasionally offline or may be inaccessible given your networking setup. Give this one a whirl, but move on if it's being fussy.
- Child Mortality (requires working
topKimplementation): The United Nations Millennium Development Goals were a set of ambitious targets for improving health and welfare across the globe. Over twenty-five years, the UN kept records of child mortality data worldwide. How did those numbers change since when they started keeping track in 1990 to when the most recent public numbers were released in 2013? - Women’s 800m Freestyle (requires working
topKandPQHeapimplementation): The women’s 800m freestyle swim race was introduced as a competitive event in the 1960s. How have the fastest times in that event improved since then? A certain Stanford-affiliated athlete might make an appearance here.
There are no deliverables for this part of the assignment. Just sit back, enjoy, and celebrate having gotten everything working!