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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.

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News and updates

  • new_2.gif Feb 10, 2011. New Deadline extension for the Model & Solve track: March 15th, 2011. Note that the deadline for the System track does not change.

  • 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.

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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:

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:

    • 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 to System Competition Track.

    • February 26th, 2011 - Start of the unmanned official competition run of the System Track.
    • March 15th, 2011, 23:59 Pacific Standard Time - Final deadline for Competitors Submission to Model & Solve Competition Track.

    • March 16th, 2011 - Start of the unmanned official competition run of the Model & Solve Track.

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

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