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= Third Answer Set Programming Competition - 2011 = = Third (Open) Answer Set Programming Competition - 2011 =
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The Third Answer Set Programming Competition is now '''open''' and '''in the Call for Participation''' stage. The call for benchmarks is now '''closed'''.

'''Important dates''' can be found [[#schedule|here]]. Find the '''Call for Participation''' [[CallforParticipation|here]].		 The Third Answer Set Programming Competition is an '''open''' event: any system based on a declarative problem solving language '''can participate'''.
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=== Quick directions ===

 * [[#schedule|Important Dates]].
 * [[CallforParticipation|Call for participation]].
 * [[ParticipantSubmission|How to participate]].
 * The [[OfficialProblemSuite|benchmark problems]] participants will compare on.
 * [[#awards|Awards]].
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   * <<newicon>>. Jan 10th, 2010. Modified [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications.pdf|file and language format specifications]]. Please have a look at the change log.
 * <<newicon>> Feb 4th, 2011. Detailed regulations on memory limits in the [[ParticipationRules|rules]] section.
 * Feb 1st, 2011. Added a clarification regarding randomized systems in the [[ParticipationRules|rules]] section.
 * Jan 28th, 2011. Added a [[https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/krr/software/visualisation|tool]] (from KU-Leuven KRR group) for graphically displaying problem solutions, in the [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/ToolsUtilities|Tools & Utilities]] page.
 * Jan 26th, 2011. '''New Deadline extension: Feb 25th, 2011.'''
 * Jan 26th, 2011. Modified [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.11.pdf|file and language format specifications]]. Please have a look at the change log.
 * Jan 20th, 2011. [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/ToolsUtilities|Shifter]] tool updated with enable syntax trasformation option (transforms '<>' into '!=', and 'v' into '|')!

 * Jan 18th, 2011. You can find in the [[OfficialProblemSuite|Official Problem Suite]] the final problem specifications (continously updated). Stay in touch!

 * Jan 10th, 2011. Modified [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.10.pdf|file and language format specifications]]. Please have a look at the change log.
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 * January 2nd, 2011. Participant submission is now open according to the participant submission [[ParticipantSubmission|procedure]].
 * January 1st, 2011. Call for benchmark problems is now closed. The preliminary problem list is going to be notified soon.
 * December 27th. Deadline for problems submission is postponed to December, 31th.
 * December 19th. An Integrated Development Environment for developing ASP programs is now available, see [[ToolsUtilities|Tools and Utilities]] section.
 * December 18th. The 'shifter' tool is available in the [[ToolsUtilities|Tools and Utilities]] section.
 * December 11th. Parsers for ASP-RfC and ASP-Core format (System competition only) available in the [[ToolsUtilities|Tools and Utilities]] section.
 * December 7th, 2010. Modified [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications.pdf|file and language format specifications]]. Please have a look at the change log.
 * December 6th, 2010. Added a few clarifications to [[ParticipationRules|Participation rules]].
 * December 1st, 2010. The participant submission [[ParticipantSubmission|procedure]] is now available.
 * Released a few encoding [[EncodingsExamples|examples]] written in ASP-Core and ASP-RfC.
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== Awards ==
 
The competition is divided into two main sub-tracks (System Competition and Model & Solve Competition) and awards:

 * The winner of the System Competition
 * The winner of the Model & Solve Competition

In both competition tracks, winners in the respective subcategories are awarded:

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=== Model & Solve Competition ===

 * Winner of the P category (polynomial problems)
 * Winner of the NP category (NP-Hard problems)
 * Winner of the Beyond NP category (more-than-NP-Hard problems)
 * Optimization (Optimization problems)


=== System Competition ===

 * Winner of the P category (polynomial problems)
 * Winner of the NP category (NP-Hard problems)
 * Winner of the Beyond NP category (more-than-NP-Hard problems)

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   * [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications.pdf|File and language format specifications]] (v. 1.01)    * [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.11.pdf|File and language format specifications]] (v. 1.11)
     * [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.10.pdf|File and language format specifications]] (v. 1.10)
     * [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.01.pdf|File and language format specifications]] (v. 1.01)
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* <<newicon>> December 31th, 2010 - Deadline for problem submission		   * December 31th, 2010 - Deadline for problem submission
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  * January 10th, 2011 - Publication of the final list of selected problems   * January 10th, 2011 - Publication of the final list of selected problems-~
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 * Competition stage:
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  * February 4th, 2011 - Deadline for Systems submission
  * February 5-25th, 2011 - Competition stage
  * May 16th 2011 - Announcement of results and awards at LPNMR 2011 - Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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 * <<newicon>> Competition stage schedule (subject to further postponements):

  * February 18th, 2011 - '''Dry Run start'''. Systems which are already submitted and set up by that date will be automatically tested on official instances. Any problem on the dry run will be privately reported to competitors. Note that competitors submissions '''will be not closed''' until the final deadline: systems not submitted within this deadline will simply not undergo the dry run. '''THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DEADLINE'''.

  * February 25th, 2011, 23:59 Pacific Standard Time - '''Final''' deadline for Competitors Submission ('''both System and Model & Solve track''').
  * February 26th, 2011 - Start of the unmanned official competition run.
  * May 16th 2011 - Announcement of results and awards at [[https://sites.google.com/site/lpnmr11/ |LPNMR 2011]] - Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Third (Open) Answer Set Programming Competition - 2011

The Third Answer Set Programming Competition is an open event: any system based on a declarative problem solving language can participate.

Quick directions

News and updates

  • new_2.gif Feb 4th, 2011. Detailed regulations on memory limits in the rules section.

  • Feb 1st, 2011. Added a clarification regarding randomized systems in the rules section.

  • Jan 28th, 2011. Added a tool (from KU-Leuven KRR group) for graphically displaying problem solutions, in the Tools & Utilities page.

  • Jan 26th, 2011. New Deadline extension: Feb 25th, 2011.

  • Jan 26th, 2011. Modified file and language format specifications. Please have a look at the change log.

  • Jan 20th, 2011. Shifter tool updated with enable syntax trasformation option (transforms '<>' into '!=', and 'v' into '|')!

  • Jan 18th, 2011. You can find in the Official Problem Suite the final problem specifications (continously updated). Stay in touch!

  • Jan 10th, 2011. Modified file and language format specifications. Please have a look at the change log.

  • January 5th, 2011. Released a preliminary problem list.

You might want to subscribe this page for getting e-mail notifications about news (needs opening an user account).

Awards

The competition is divided into two main sub-tracks (System Competition and Model & Solve Competition) and awards:

  • The winner of the System Competition

  • The winner of the Model & Solve Competition

In both competition tracks, winners in the respective subcategories are awarded:

Model & Solve Competition

  • Winner of the P category (polynomial problems)
  • Winner of the NP category (NP-Hard problems)
  • Winner of the Beyond NP category (more-than-NP-Hard problems)
  • Optimization (Optimization problems)

System Competition

  • Winner of the P category (polynomial problems)
  • Winner of the NP category (NP-Hard problems)
  • Winner of the Beyond NP category (more-than-NP-Hard problems)

Detailed Information

Important Dates

  • Problem selection stage:
    • December 31th, 2010 - Deadline for problem submission
    • January 3th, 2011 - Publication of temporary list of selected benchmarks
    • January 4-10th, 2011 - Submission of accepted benchmarks in finalized version

    • January 10th, 2011 - Publication of the final list of selected problems

  • new_2.gif Competition stage schedule (subject to further postponements):

    • February 18th, 2011 - Dry Run start. Systems which are already submitted and set up by that date will be automatically tested on official instances. Any problem on the dry run will be privately reported to competitors. Note that competitors submissions will be not closed until the final deadline: systems not submitted within this deadline will simply not undergo the dry run. THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DEADLINE.

    • February 25th, 2011, 23:59 Pacific Standard Time - Final deadline for Competitors Submission (both System and Model & Solve track).

    • February 26th, 2011 - Start of the unmanned official competition run.

    • May 16th 2011 - Announcement of results and awards at LPNMR 2011 - Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Contacts

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