Trading Agent Competition Classic A Search-based Approach
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چکیده
Every year the Swedish Institute for Computer Science (SICS) holds the Trading Agent Competition (TAC). Although the specifications of the competition vary from year to year, the classic game is continually maintained. In this paper, I present a search-based approach to playing the TAC Classic game. I will show the background of the game and present the rules of TAC classic, review the state of the art, describe the search-based approach, and finally give competition results for my solution.
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