README.txt explanation of all this FILES.txt list of files maxsum executable maxsum.c.orig downloaded c file with algoritms to test maxsum.c same with my modifications maxsum_side... unix "diff" differences between last two files maxsum*.in input files; each line is "algo n" maxsum*.out output files; each line is "algo n answer ticks secs" plot.gp gnuplot commands to create the plot from *.out plot.png plot of time vs n for the various algorithms run batch file to create *.out and plot.png from *.in