Scores for TAC 2005 Finals - Final Day
Position | Agent | Average Score | Games Played |
1 | TacTex-05 | 4.741 M | 16 |
2 | SouthamptonSCM | 1.604 M | 16 |
3 | Mertacor | 546 272 | 16 |
4 | Deep Maize | -220 503 | 16 |
5 | MinneTAC | -311 844 | 16 |
6 | Maxon | -1.985 M | 16 |
(The official score table is available here.)
32 teams entered the 2005 TAC SCM competition. 24 teams advanced past the seeding round (in which TacTex-05
placed first) to the final round of competition, held over three days at IJCAI 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The outcome of games depended heavily on the 6 agents competing, suggesting the need for adaptation.
In the seeding round, TacTex-05 had an average score of $14.9 million, and several other agents had average scores above $10 million.
As the final round progressed and competition increased, it became more difficult to make a profit.
On the final day of competition, when only the six top agents remained, TacTex-05
won with an average score of $4.7 million, while the second highest average score was $1.6 million, and three agents lost money.
An analysis of the final day of competition showed that TacTex-05 benefited significantly from its ability to adapt to its opponents. In particular, the adaptation of first-day component orders allowed TacTex-05 to take advantage of the tendency for first-day prices to be relatively low.
Further details are contained in the paper
TacTex-05: An Adaptive Agent for TAC SCM
in the papers section.