Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:59:32 10/18/05
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On October 19, 2005 at 00:49:58, Yakov Konoval wrote: >On October 18, 2005 at 13:10:01, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>Yakov Konoval's EGTB format: >>Is it described in a paper anywhere? If not, any plans to publish? >>Are there any plans to make the EGTB files generally available? >>How do the files compare for size next to Nalimov format? >>How long does it take to generate 5 man files? >>What is the size of the total 5 man set? >>Are the files DTC, DTM, or something else? > >1. YK-format is much sipmpler, than Nalimov's, but hasn't been described yet. >2. EGTs are in DTZ(=DTC for pawnless endings) metric. >3. The time of generation one 5-man EGT is from 1 to 10 minutes. The special >version for 5-man EGTs can work 2-3 times faster. That is very quick. What is the size of the 5 man set? >4. The size of EGT usually is smaller than Nalimov's mainly due DTZ-metric. >And this size strongly depends of archiver. Now the gzip-library is used for >compression, but compression level can be much better with using other >libraries. >5. There are plans to make EGTs generally available. The main problem is the >huge size of 7-man EGTs. DVD seems a natural medium. How many 6 man files are generated?
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