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.
Although it is necessary to find a solution for the contest quest to win, the organizers pursue the intention that the solution is a system of cooperating autonomous programs that achieve the objectives together. They are also interested in how the contest participants develop the solution.
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