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We present the twelfth edition of the Multi-Agent Programming Contest (https://multiagentcontest.org), an annual, community-serving competition that attracts groups from all over the world. Our contest facilitates comparison of multi-agent systems and provides a concrete problem that is interesting in itself and well-suited to be tackled in educational environments. This time, seven teams competed using strictly agent-based as well as traditional programming approaches.
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Ahlbrecht, T., Dix, J. & Fiekas, N. Multi-agent programming contest 2017. Ann Math Artif Intell 84, 1–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10472-018-9594-x
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