To all concerned,
While I agree that there is a significant decrease in computing power since
last year's competition, I find it unlikely that any teams should be affected.
Our agents perform some quite complex analysis at each timestep, using
unoptimized code. What's worse is that it is written in Java. Running all
agents under Windows on a 1.8GHz machine never uses more than 20% of the CPU
time available. Infact, the only problems experienced are network ones.
It seems to me that the time we have available should be sufficient to allow
teams to implement any ideas they have. Particularly since costly processes
can now be pre-processed.
Cheers,
Jonathan Teutenberg.
The Black Sheep
ÍéÒ§ÍÔ§ Mohsen Izadi <roboresc_mi@yahoo.com>:
> Dear Dr. Takahashi,
>
> > Yes, the number of PC is less that at 2002 and 2003.
> > However, the power of CPU and memory are greater
> > than 2002 and 2003,
> > if I am correct. (There is no descriprion on my HP
> > 2003 memo, sorry:)
> >
>
> In 2003 there were 3 Pentium 4 2.4GHZ with 256MB
> Memory.
>
> > As a team leader of Hinomiyagura, I prefer less
> > number of PCs with high
> > specification to more number of PCs with low
> > spec.!!Becaue the former!!
> > configuration provides more stable network traffic
> > to the latter one.
>
> I agree with you! But I think that the change in
> computing power should logically match the decrease in
> the number of PCs. In our case, I think
> one P4 2.8GHZ cannot reach the computing power of
> 3 P4 2.4GHZ PCs.
>
> > I think this configuration is one for preliminary
> > games and after
> > semifinals, 2sets: 1 server and 3 clients. Is it
> > right ?
> > Then, I prefer more games at preliminary with less
> > PCs to
> > less games with more PCs.
>
> I did not find anything in Dr. Akin's e-mail
> indicating that in semifinal there would be 2 sets
> with 1 server and 3 clients.
>
> However, Although it's right that in semifinals we
> have fewer simulations to perform, I do not think that
> having preliminaries with 1 client and then adding 2
> more ones for semifinal would be a fair and logical
> decision.
>
> If having 1 client for preliminaries is because there
> is a limitation on computing resources for each agent,
> then this limitation should be applied to other rounds
> too. But if it is just because of not having enough
> PCs, I think it's not fair to reduce the quality of
> simulations and competitions for this reason. A better
> decision would be to have 2 clusters and dedicating
> more time to run the simulations on
> each day.(e.g. From 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, 3 situations
> each day)
>
>
> Regards,
> Mohsen Izadi,
> S.O.S. Member
>
>
>
>
>
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