The TAC assignment

  1.  Implement an agent that can participate in the TAC. The assignment can be done in groups of 4 students maximal. The agent should be programmed in Java. The agent should be build on top of the agentware that can be downloaded from http://www.sics.se/tac/aw_java.php
  2.  Describe the strategy of your agent in a slide presentation format

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Deadline for this part of the assignment is 29 October (two days after the tournament)
 

  1. In the second phase of the assignment all groups have these descriptions of the strategies of the agents of the other groups. Each group now has to make a final report in which you describe your own agent (motivate why you chose particular strategies and approaches) and especially argue why your agent performed good or bad in relation to the other agents.


Deadline for this part of the assignment is 24:00, Friday November 7.
 
 

  1. General information about the Trade Agent Competition (TAC) and details about the rules of the game, pay-offs, etc. can be found on the website of the TAC.
  2. The site also contains all documentation that is available for the software.
  1. Planning:


Week 2: familiarize with TAC
Week 3: Play with dummy agent (see exercises)
Week 4-8: Implement an agent that plays the TAC game

Week 6: Play test games!
Week 9-10: Describe why your agent performed well/bad against the other agents in the game.