= Fourth (Open) Answer Set Programming Competition - 2013 = {{{#!wiki caution The Fourth Answer Set Programming Competition is an '''open''' event: any system based on a declarative problem solving language '''can participate'''. }}} <> == Current Status == * <> Aug 7th, 2013. The full instance set is now [[https://www.mat.unical.it/ianni/aspcomp2013instances/|available]] <> == Important Dates == * Problem selection stage: * Aug 31th, 2012 - Problem submission deadline. * Competition stage: * <> Mar 16th, 2013, 23:59 PST - '''Model & Solve''' participant submission deadline * <> Mar 16th, 2013, 23:59 PST - '''System''' participant submission deadline * <> Mar 17th, 2013 - The Competition runs! == News and updates == * Apr 9th, 2013: the numbers chosen as starting seed are 15-35-38-44-48, as of the [[https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/euromillions/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=579&drawSequence=0|Euromillion Lottery]] of Tuesday April 9th 2013. * Mar 2nd, 2013: * A small fix to the ASP-Core-2 Validator (see the [[ASPStandardization|ASP Standardization]] page) * Feb 24th, 2013: * Added some technical details to the Instance Selection and Scoring document ([[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2013/files/scoringdetails2013.pdf|v2.2]]) * Published instance hash values [[OfficialProblemSuite|here]]. * Feb 16th, 2013: * Participant package instructions [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2013/ParticipantSubmission|available]] * Update to the scoring system [[http://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2013/files/scoringdetails2013.pdf|document]] * Opened the [[ASPStandardization|ASP Standardization]] activity page. * Dec 6th, 2012 - The ASP-Core-2 validator is [[ASPStandardization|available]] * Dec 4th, 2012 - Small fixes to [[ASPStandardization|ASP-Core-2 Specification]] * The [[CallforParticipation|Call for participation]] is out! * Nov 16th, 2012 - [[ASPStandardization|ASP-Core-2 Specification]] is out! * May 11th, 2012 - Call for Benchmarks [[BenchmarkSubmission|available]]. * May 7th, 2012 - Webpage started. == What is the Open ASP Competition? == The Open ASP Competition has two tracks: the [[MSCompetition|Model & Solve Track]] and the [[SystemCompetition|System Track]]. * In the '''Model & Solve Track''', a number of problem domain specifications are given, together with a set of instances thereof. All you need to participate is a system able to model using a declarative specification paradigm of any sort, and some manpower for preparing benchmark solutions. Winners are awarded on the basis of their time performance and, for optimization problems, on the basis of the quality of their solutions. Note that we are more interested at comparing systems and their performance on standard problems, rather than measuring the modelling 'trickery' of participants: this is why you will have several months for preparing declarative specifications and your system, so to make affordable the burden of modelling a number of problems, also for small teams. Problem specification can be freely exchanged among participants whenever they use the same input language. * The '''System Track''' is reserved to Answer Set Programming systems, able to cope with a fixed problem specification language. The 4th ASP Competition will be held on an extension of ASP-Core called [[ASPStandardization|ASP-Core-2]]. To have an idea of the type of problems involved and what we measure on competitors, you might want to visit the [[OfficialProblemSuite|official problem list]] and [[ParticipationRules|Rules & Scoring system]]. <> == Detailed Information == * [[BenchmarkSubmission|Call for benchmarks and benchmark Submission procedure]] * [[CallforParticipation|Call for participation]] * Competition Categories The competition features ''two distinct tracks'': * [[MSCompetition|Model & Solve Competition]] * [[SystemCompetition|System Competition]] * [[ParticipationRules|Detailed Scoring and Participation Rules]] * [[ParticipantSubmission|Participant Submission procedure]] * [[NewsUpdates|News and Updates]] * [[ToolsUtilities|Tools and Utilities]] * Former competitions: * [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2011|Third]] ASP Competition * [[http://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/events/ASP-competition/index.shtml|Second]] ASP Competition * [[http://asparagus.cs.uni-potsdam.de/contest/|First]] ASP Competition You might want to [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2013/FrontPage?action=subscribe|subscribe]] this page for getting e-mail notifications about news (needs [[https://www.mat.unical.it/aspcomp2013/FrontPage?action=login|opening]] an user account). == Contacts == * [[OrganizingCommittee|Organizing Committee]] * [[mailto:aspcomp2013_REPLACE_WITH_AT_kr.tuwien.ac.at|Contact the competition organizers]].