Title: Multi-agent programming contest 2016

Authors: Tobias Ahlbrecht; Jürgen Dix; Niklas Fiekas

Addresses: Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany ' Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany ' Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Abstract: We present the 11th edition of the multi-agent programming contest, an annual, community-serving competition that attracts groups from all over the world. Our contest enables head-to-head comparison of multi-agent systems and supports educational efforts in their design and implementation. The long-term aim is to evaluate the specific features of agent programming languages and to compare them to more traditional languages.

Keywords: multi-agent systems; programming contest; multi-agent simulation; MAS; programming competition; MAS benchmark; MAS comparison; agent-oriented software engineering.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAOSE.2018.089597

International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 2018 Vol.6 No.1, pp.58 - 85

Received: 26 Nov 2016
Accepted: 10 Apr 2017
Published online: 31 Jan 2018 *