Thanks for some great work, Danny!
Danny Jones wrote:
>Here are my results for the first 32K MS deals distributed over seven
>columns and using three free cells.
>7x3 Deals Solved: 25,285
>7x3 Deals Unsolvable: 6,672
>7x3 Deals Intractable: 43
>7x3 Execution Time: Excruciatingly slow
Roughly how long did that take? You can e-mail me directly if you
want.
>I've completed my testing of non-8x4 FreeCell deals. Here's my final
>results.
>I aborted testing the 32K MS deals in 6x4 mode because it was taking even
>longer than 7x3 mode -- which was horrible.
O.K. One of the popular modes on NetCELL is 6x6. Could your solver
handle that?
>All 32K MS deals were solvable in 9x4 mode. This took the shortest time to
>execute for any scenario tested.
>All 32K MS deals were solvable in 9x3 mode. I found this interesting and
>slightly unexpected. I was also surprised when it ran a little faster than
>8x4 mode.
How about 9x2, then?
>Well, I hope that my results -- these and others reported -- five you
enough
>information to update your FreeCell FAQ site.
Yes, I'll be working on a big update soon. Thanks!
>PS: Are you interested in 8x0 results for deals 1..9,999,999?
Yes, absolutely.
Michael Keller
FreeCell FAQ
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