We are happy to announce that we have just released the Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2011 software package!

Please feel free to download the package:

Download MAPC 2011 Package

File Version: 2011-1.0.2 Downloads: 641

1. the MASSim-Server, including the Agents-on-Mars-scenario,
2. a monitor for viewing the environment,
3. very simple dummy-agents,
4. an environment-interface for connecting to the server, and
5. extensive documentation of all components.

In order to get started, just unpack the archive and read the readmefirst.pdf.

This release starts the "balancing phase". We have defined the scenario and we are now intending to use your cherished feedback in order to make the game fair and balanced. That is, that the overall mechanics of the game are fixed, but on top of that we would be very happy to change some variables in order to make the game more interesting. This values include but are not limited to the sizes of the graphs, the costs of the actions, the pay-off of achievements and the effect of the actions.

The next milestone is in June, where we are also going to end the balancing phase. That is, that we are going to say then, that the scenario is fixed, which in turn means that we are not going to change anything about the scenario except for bugs.

Again, feel free to give the software a try and please send us any comments. We are open to critique and would really like to discuss the scenario with you.

Starting now, we would be happy to host test-matches if the desire arises.

And finally note, that we will make up our mind about proceedings soon.

Until then,
Tristan, Michael, Federico, Jürgen, Jomi

Dear all,

we are more then delighted to announce the winner of this year's Multi-Agent Programming Contest!

This year's winner is:

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HACTAR V2 from TU DELFT
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We congratulate our Dutch friends wholeheartedly! The team of Pieter Hameete, Jeff Smits, Sebastiaan Leysen, Marc Dekker, Joris Van Den Oever, Michiel Hegemans and Koen Hindriks won 24 matches getting a phenomenal score of 72 tournament points and 2,979,591 simulation points. The team won every single simulation!

Of course we will not leave unmentioned the great results achived by the other eight teams. Here is out Top Nine:

* Out of competition

Thanks to everyone that has participated! You have stimulated research in the field of Multi-Agent Systems Programming!

And of course, we should not forget the price! The winning team will get 500 EUR from Springer Verlag to buy books.