Multi-Agent Programming Contest
The Multi-Agent Programming Contest is an annual international programming competition. It's goal is to stimulate research in the area of multi-agent system development and programming.
History
In 2005, Jürgen Dix (Clausthal University of Technology), Mehdi Dastani (University_Utrecht) and Peter Novák (Czech Technical University in Prague) have brought the contest into being and running. The competition originally focused on Logic programming of Multi-agent systems. The goals, raised in 2005, have proven to be a solid basis for multi-agent system development and are still valid:
- Identification of key problems
- To collect suitable benchmarks.
In 2007, a third goal has been added:
- To gather test cases which require and enforce coordinated action.
Scenarios
Food collectors
Gold miners
Cowboys
Agents on Mars
References
- Toni, Francesca; Torroni, Paolo (Eds.): Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems. 6th International Workshop, CLIMA VI 2005. Springer 2006 - ISBN 978-3-540-33996-0.
- Dastani, M.; El Fallah Seghrouchni, A.; Ricci, A.; Winikoff, M. (Eds.): Programming Multi-Agent Systems. Fifth International Workshop, ProMAS 2007. Springer 2008 - ISBN 978-3-540-79042-6
- Tristan Behrens, Mehdi Dastani, Jürgen Dix, Michael Köster, Peter Novak: Multi-Agent Contest 2009 Edition