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[enxio27]

::: comment :::

Sorry about that, but 'enxio' gives the appearance of being masculine (as opposed to, say, 'enxia', cf. 'claudio' and 'claudia').

Haha! Actually, enxio is an error code that means "No such device or address". I chose it to give a connotation of "anonymous". At one time, it was error number 27 in the list of standard error codes, thus enxio27. I have other user names for various purposes, but I use enxio27 for tech-geek types of sites. On this site (and a few others), I use an avatar of Arwen (from "The Lord of the Rings") with the intent of giving a clue as to my gender, as well.

I'm still at a loss to figure out how y'all are coming up with these high EPs and EDs. Even vicinity searching doesn't seem to be helping me much. Maybe I'm using the wrong seeds, but I don't know how to select better ones.

I use filters in my vicinity searches, for instance, that no result have an ED corresponding to singles, or that ER be at least >~8.5. This hugely reduces the number of puzzles that have to be further processed. Do you have any filters?

I'm not sure how to make a filter within the search. And perhaps I'm not going about the vicinity search the correct (or best) way. Should I have more than one seed puzzle in my seed file? I have been using only one seed puzzle per search (usually one of the highest-rated puzzles played to that point). To perform the vicinity search, I have been using:

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sudoku-64.exe -go{-4+4}p -euniq()*(clues==23)*(minimal==1) -f%%v <seed.txt >puzzles.txt

and then using serate to rate them:

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java -cp SudokuExplainer.jar diuf.sudoku.test.serate --format=%%r/%%p/%%d --input=puzzles.txt  --output=rating.txt

Then I import the puzzles and their ratings into a spreadsheet and sort them by ER, EP, and ED. At that point, I can use filters to narrow down the field for visual selection. Very clumsy and time consuming, of course, but I don't yet know how to do it more efficiently.

[Patrice]

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[m_b_metcalf]

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[Patrice]

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[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0297 status 2017-12-03+02:24:55-0000 :::

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game 0297 2017-11-28+10:00:00-0000 duration 4d16h dealer champagne pages 2325-2333 (open) 4 players
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    1.2/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf    4.7/1.2/1.2 enxio27        7.5/7.2/2.6 enxio27        9.3/9.3/9.3 m_b_metcalf
    1.5/1.5/1.5 enxio27        5.0/5.0/2.6 m_b_metcalf    7.6/7.6/7.1 Patrice        9.4/9.4/9.4 Patrice
    1.7/1.7/1.7 enxio27        5.2/1.2/1.2 enxio27        7.7/7.7/7.2 Patrice        9.5/9.5/9.5 Patrice
    2.0/2.0/2.0 enxio27        5.6/3.0/2.6 enxio27        7.8/7.8/7.8 Patrice        9.6/9.6/9.5 Patrice
    2.3/2.3/2.3 enxio27        5.7/3.6/2.6 m_b_metcalf    7.9/7.9/7.3 Patrice        9.7/9.7/9.7 Patrice
    2.5/2.5/2.5 enxio27        5.8/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf    8.0/8.0/7.1 m_b_metcalf    9.8/9.8/9.7 enxio27
    2.6/2.6/2.6 m_b_metcalf    5.9/1.2/1.2 Patrice        8.1/7.1/3.4 Patrice        9.9/9.9/9.9 m_b_metcalf
    2.8/2.8/2.8 m_b_metcalf    6.2/1.2/1.2 enxio27        8.2/8.2/7.8 Patrice     10.0/10.0/10.0 m_b_metcalf
    3.0/3.0/3.0 m_b_metcalf    6.5/2.0/2.0 enxio27        8.3/8.3/8.3 Patrice     10.1/10.1/10.1 Patrice
    3.2/3.0/2.6 enxio27        6.6/6.6/6.6 m_b_metcalf    8.4/8.4/8.4 Patrice     10.2/10.2/10.2 Patrice
    3.4/3.4/3.4 m_b_metcalf    6.7/6.7/6.7 m_b_metcalf    8.5/8.5/8.5 Patrice     10.3/10.3/10.3 Patrice
    3.6/3.6/3.6 m_b_metcalf    6.8/6.7/6.7 m_b_metcalf    8.6/8.6/8.4 Patrice     10.4/10.4/10.4 m_b_metcalf
    3.8/3.8/3.8 m_b_metcalf    6.9/6.7/6.7 m_b_metcalf    8.7/6.7/6.7 enxio27     10.5/10.5/10.0 Patrice
    4.0/4.0/3.8 m_b_metcalf    7.0/7.0/6.6 m_b_metcalf    8.8/8.8/8.8 Patrice      10.6/10.6/9.9 Patrice
    4.2/4.2/3.8 m_b_metcalf    7.1/7.1/7.1 m_b_metcalf    8.9/8.9/8.9 Patrice     10.8/10.8/10.0 Patrice
    4.4/2.3/2.3 enxio27        7.2/7.2/7.2 Patrice        9.0/9.0/9.0 m_b_metcalf  10.9/10.9/9.3 m_b_metcalf
    4.5/2.3/2.3 enxio27        7.3/7.3/7.3 m_b_metcalf    9.1/9.1/9.1 m_b_metcalf 11.0/11.0/10.7 Patrice
    4.6/4.6/2.6 m_b_metcalf    7.4/7.4/7.2 Patrice        9.2/9.2/9.2 Patrice
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    open ratings : 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.1 10.7 11.1-11.4 11.6-11.8

       submitter  entries  score  response  notes
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       champagne        0      0         0  dealer
         enxio27       16   1133     1h15m  rare-2*2,diamond,pearl,premature-entry,lower-pearl
     m_b_metcalf       28   2592     1h02m  rare-1,diamond*16,pearl*7
         Patrice       27   4388     1h44m  rare-0,diamond*14,pearl*11,highest-rating=52,last-entry=383
     -----------  -------  -----            -----
               4       71   8113            rare-0,rare-1,rare-2*2,diamond*31,pearl*19


[Pat]

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[g.r.emlin]

::: rarity :::

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2017-12-03+13:00:00-0000 5.6/4.2/3.8 Pat rare ED seen once before


[Patrice]

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[enxio27]

::: comment :::

I'm not going to formally resign, but I'm pretty much giving up for this round. Clearly I need a better method of puzzle generation/selection.

[Pat]

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[Patrice]

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[m_b_metcalf]

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[Pat]

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[Patrice]

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