= Third Answer Set Programming Competition - 2011 =

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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]].

== News and updates ==
 * <<newicon>> Jan 28th, 2010. 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, 2010. '''New Deadline extension: Feb 25th, 2011.'''
 * Jan 26th, 2010. 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, 2010. [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/ToolsUtilities|Shifter]] tool updated with enable syntax trasformation option  (transforms '<>' into '!=', and 'v' into '|')!

 * Jan 18th, 2010. You can find in the [[OfficialProblemSuite|Official Problem Suite]] the final problem specifications (continously updated). Stay in touch!

 * Jan 10th, 2010. 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.
 * January 5th, 2011. Released a [[PreliminaryProblemList|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:

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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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== Detailed Information ==

 * Competition Categories
  * [[MSCompetition|Model & Solve Competition]]
  * [[SystemCompetition|System Competition]]

 * [[ParticipationRules|Scoring and Participation Rules]]
   * [[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)
     * [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011/files/LanguageSpecifications-1.00.pdf|File and language format specifications]] (v. 1.00)
   * [[BenchmarkProblems|Benchmark problem classification]]

 * [[BenchmarkSubmission|Benchmark Submission procedure]]
 * [[ParticipantSubmission|Participant Submission procedure]]

 * [[NewsUpdates|News and Updates]]
 * [[ToolsUtilities|Tools and Utilities]]

 * Former competitions:
   * [[http://asparagus.cs.uni-potsdam.de/contest/|First]] ASP Competition
   * [[http://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/ASP-competition/index.shtml|Second]] ASP Competition




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== Important Dates ==

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 * 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-~



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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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== Contacts ==
 
 * [[OrganizingCommittee|Organizing Committee]]
 * Contact the Organizing Committee [[mailto:aspcomp2011_REPLACE_WITH_AT_mat.unical.it |here]].