Documents

• scenario description
  The full description of the Contest scenario. This document should gives a general overview of the contest scenario and tournament setup.
• communication protocol specification
  Complete specification of the communication protocol between agents and the simulation server. It fills the technical details left open by the scenario description.
• agents development software packages
  A readme accompanies the suite of the MultiAgent Contest software packages for agents development support. It contains a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure and run the simulation server and demo agents.

Software Package

We tested our packages on Linux OS and all the installation instructions refer to this setup. In the case you need special support for other operating systems please contact organizers. The software package contains:

• simulation server
  The core simulation server. Contains the binary distribution of the core simulation server component. When configured correctly, it can run as a standalone component with agents connected via network.
• sample agents
  Sample demo agents. The jar file contains the binary distribution of sample agent fully implementing the Contest protocol and by default configured to run with the core simulation server as it is released on this page. When configured properly, sample agents can run on a different host than the core simulation server. For details see the README file.

  Note that the package also contain Java source code of the sample agent program. By unzipping the binary JAR file in the package, you can get Java source code of the demo agent.

• simulation server monitor
  Server Monitor is a useful tool which can help a lot by MultiAgent Contest participating agent development and debugging. It connects to the core simulation server and retrieves the current server status. It is configurable. For details, refer to the package README file.

License and the source code