Multi-Agent Systems - Research & Teaching - Laboratory

Jørgen Villadsen

One of the main challenges in multi-agent systems is to develop tools and techniques for solving cooperative tasks in a dynamically changing environment.

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2020/2021 & 2022

More information to come...

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2019

The aim of the annual agent contest is to stimulate research in the area of multi-agent systems, to identify key problems and to collect suitable benchmarks.

The GOAL-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Alexander Birch Jensen and Andreas Halkjær From

The 2019 contest was organized by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix and Niklas Fiekas.

Further information is available here: multiagentcontest.org

MAPC2018-Jason-DTU
Photo of PhD student John Bruntse Larsen and PhD student Alexander Birch Jensen (right)

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Jørgen Villadsen, Alexander Birch Jensen & Andreas Halkjær From: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2019 - The GOAL-DTU Team
Registration Document 1 September 2019

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2018

The Jason-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Mads Okholm Bjørn, Andreas Halkjær From, Thomas Søren Henney and John Bruntse Larsen

The 2018 contest was organized by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix and Niklas Fiekas.

MAPC2018-Jason-DTU
Photo of MSc student Andreas Halkjær From, MSc student Thomas Søren Henney, Pepper robot R2DTU and MSc student Mads Okholm Bjørn (right)

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Jørgen Villadsen, Mads Okholm Bjørn, Andreas Halkjær From, Thomas Søren Henney & John Bruntse Larsen: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2018 - The Jason-DTU Team
Registration Document 9 August 2018

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2017

The Jason-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Oliver Fleckenstein, Helge Hatteland and John Bruntse Larsen

The 2017 contest was organized by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix and Niklas Fiekas.

MAPC2017-Jason-DTU
Photo of Associate Professor Jørgen Villadsen, MSc student Helge Hatteland and MSc student Oliver Fleckenstein (right)

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Jørgen Villadsen, Oliver Fleckenstein, Helge Hatteland & John Bruntse Larsen: Engineering a Multi-Agent System in Jason and CArtAgO
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 84:57-74 2018

Jørgen Villadsen, Oliver Fleckenstein, Helge Hatteland, John Bruntse Larsen, Eirik Oterholm Nielsen & Martin Nielsen: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2017 - The Jason-DTU Team
Registration Document 7 August 2017

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2016

The Python-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Halkjær From, Salvador Jacobi and Nikolaj Nøkkentved Larsen

The 2016 contest was organized by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix, Niklas Fiekas and Federico Schlesinger.

MAPC2016-Python-DTU
Photo of MSc student Salvador Jacobi and MSc student Nikolaj Nøkkentved Larsen (right)

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Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Halkjær From, Salvador Jacobi & Nikolaj Nøkkentved Larsen: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2016 - The Python-DTU Team
International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering 6(1): 86-100 2018

Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Halkjær From, Salvador Jacobi & Nikolaj Nøkkentved Larsen: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2016 - The Python-DTU Team
Registration Document 15 August 2016

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2015

The contest was not held in 2015.

With Jørgen Villadsen as personal tutor and thesis supervisor, Honors Program student Andreas Viktor Hess successfully tested the preliminary 2015 contest package using Visual Prolog in cooperation with PDC A/S.

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2014

The GOAL-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Viktor Hess and Øyvind Grønland Woller

The 2014 contest was organized by Tobias Ahlbrecht, Jürgen Dix and Federico Schlesinger.

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Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Viktor Hess & Øyvind Grønland Woller: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2014 - The GOAL-DTU Team
Registration Document 31 August 2014

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2013

The DTU team used the GOAL platform and came in second place for the third year in a row.

The GOAL-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Nicolai Christian Christensen, Andreas Viktor Hess, Jannick Boese Johnsen, Øyvind Grønland Woller and Philip Bratt Ørum

The 2013 contest was organized by Jürgen Dix, Michael Köster and Federico Schlesinger.

MAPC2013-GOAL-DTU
Photo of MSc student Jannick Boese Johnsen, MSc student Nicolai Christian Christensen, MSc student Philip Bratt Ørum, BSc student Øyvind Grønland Woller and BSc student Andreas Viktor Hess (right)

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Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Nicolai Christian Christensen, Andreas Viktor Hess, Jannick Boese Johnsen, Øyvind Grønland Woller & Philip Bratt Ørum: Engineering a Multi-Agent System in GOAL
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8245:329-338 2013

Tobias Ahlbrecht, Christian Bender-Saebelkampf, Maiquel de Brito, Nicolai Christian Christensen, Jürgen Dix, Mariana Ramos Franco, Hendrik Heller,
Andreas Viktor Hess, Axel Heßler, Jomi Fred Hübner, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Jannick Boese Johnsen, Michael Köster, Chengqian Li, Lu Liu,
Marcelo Menezes Morato, Philip Bratt Ørum, Federico Schlesinger, Tiago Luiz Schmitz, Jaime Simão Sichman, Kaio Siqueira de Souza, Daniela Maria Uez,
Jørgen Villadsen, Sebastian Werner, Øyvind Grønland Woller & Maicon Rafael Zatelli: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2013: The Teams and the Design of Their Systems
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8245:366-390 2013

Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Nicolai Christian Christensen, Andreas Viktor Hess, Jannick Boese Johnsen, Øyvind Grønland Woller & Philip Bratt Ørum: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2013 - The GOAL-DTU Team
Registration Document 25 August 2013

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2012

The Python-DTU Team: Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester, Kenneth Balsiger Andersen and Andreas Frøsig

The 2012 contest was organized by Tristan Behrens, Jürgen Dix, Michael Köster and Federico Schlesinger.

MAPC2012-Python-DTU
BSc student Andreas Frøsig and BSc student Kenneth Balsiger Andersen (right) watch a match.

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Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester, Kenneth Balsiger Andersen & Andreas Frøsig: Reimplementing a Multi-Agent System in Python
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7837:205-216 2013

Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester, Kenneth Balsiger Andersen & Andreas Frøsig: Reimplementing a Multi-Agent System in Python
In Michael Köster, Federico Schlesinger & Jürgen Dix (editors): Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2012 Edition Evaluation and Team Descriptions
Technical Report IfI-13-01, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, p. 67-84 2013

Jørgen Villadsen, Andreas Schmidt Jensen, Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester, Kenneth Balsiger Andersen & Andreas Frøsig: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2012 - The Python-DTU Team
Computing Research Repository (4 p.) 1210.0437 2012

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2011

The 2011 contest was organized by Tristan Behrens, Jürgen Dix, Jomi Hübner, Michael Köster and Federico Schlesinger.

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Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester & Jørgen Villadsen: Implementing a Multi-Agent System in Python with an Auction-Based Agreement Approach
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7217:185-196 2012

Mikko Berggren Ettienne, Steen Vester & Jørgen Villadsen: Implementing a Multi-Agent System in Python
In Tristan Behrens, Jürgen Dix, Jomi Hübner, Michael Köster & Federico Schlesinger (editors): Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2011 Edition Evaluation and Team Descriptions
Technical Report IfI-12-02, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, p. 147-179 2012

Jørgen Villadsen, Mikko Berggren Ettienne & Steen Vester: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2011 - The Python-DTU Team
Computing Research Repository (4 p.) 1110.0105 2011

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2010

The 2010 contest was organized by Tristan Behrens, Jürgen Dix, Jomi Hübner and Michael Köster.

MAPC2010-Jason-DTU
MSc student Steen Vester and BEng student Mikko Berggren Ettienne (right) watch a match.

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Steen Vester, Niklas Skamriis Boss, Andreas Schmidt Jensen & Jørgen Villadsen: Improving Multi-Agent Systems Using Jason
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 61: 297-307 2011

Jørgen Villadsen, Niklas Skamriis Boss, Andreas Schmidt Jensen & Steen Vester: Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2010 - The Jason-DTU Team
Computing Research Repository (4 p.) 1010.0145 2010

Andreas Schmidt Jensen: An Investigation of the Advantages of Organization-Centered Multi-Agent Systems
Computing Research Repository (15 p.) 1010.0155 2010

Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2009

The 2009 contest was organized by Tristan Behrens, Mehdi Dastani, Jürgen Dix, Michael Köster and Peter Novák.

MAPC2009
MSc students Niklas Skamriis Boss and Andreas Schmidt Jensen (right) in front of a small sample scenario with cows (brown dots), cowboys (red and blue dots), obstacles (green dots) and corrals with fences (red and blue areas).

Results

The DTU team used the Jason platform and did well in the 21 world-wide simulations during 5 days:

1. JIAC-V (Germany)                     60 points
2. Jadex@HAW (Germany)                  57 points
3. Roman-Farmers (Brazil/France/Italy)  37 points
4. Jason-DTU (Denmark)                  30 points
5. Smaperteam (Australia)               23 points
6. Micro-JIAC (Germany)                 21 points
7. AF-ABLE (Ireland)                    20 points
8. Unknown (Germany)                     1 point

Jason-DTU source code: ZIP

References

Niklas Skamriis Boss, Andreas Schmidt Jensen & Jørgen Villadsen: Building Multi-Agent Systems Using Jason
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 59:373-388 2010

Niklas Skamriis Boss, Andreas Schmidt Jensen & Jørgen Villadsen: Developing Artificial Herders Using Jason
In Jürgen Dix, Michael Fisher & Peter Novák (editors): Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems 2009
Technical Report IfI-09-08, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, p. 193-197 2009

Links

AMAPS - Algolog Multi-Agent Programming Seminar

Logic and Organization-Oriented Programming (LOOP)

Mathematics, Informatics, Linguistics and Logic (MILL)

LEGO Robots Using the Jason System and the NXT Intelligent Brick (LEGO-Jason-NXT)


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