Announce 2 iterated prize sequences. The big Red Prizes for the best optimization algorithm and the small Blue prizes for the best spam which can spoof the same. Don’t award a blue until the first red is awarded and then don’t award a red until the last blue one is awarded and so on. Keep escalating the price amounts until satisfactory performance is attained.
I think an iterated tournament might work better.
Announce 2 iterated prize sequences. The big Red Prizes for the best optimization algorithm and the small Blue prizes for the best spam which can spoof the same. Don’t award a blue until the first red is awarded and then don’t award a red until the last blue one is awarded and so on. Keep escalating the price amounts until satisfactory performance is attained.