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Using game days to teach a multiagent system class

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 36, Issue 1

Pages 219 - 223

https://doi.org/10.1145/1028174.971378

Published: 01 March 2004 Publication History

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Multiagent systems is an attractive problem solving approach that is becoming ever more feasible and popular in today's world. It combines artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed problem solving to allow designers (programmers and engineers alike) to solve problems otherwise deemed awkward in traditional approaches that are less flexible and centralized. In the Fall semester of 2002, I introduced a new game-based technique to my Multiagent Systems class. The class was aimed for seniors (with special permission) and graduate students in Computer Science, covering some breadth and depth of issues in multiagent systems. One of the requirements was participation in four Game Days. On each Game Day, student teams competed against each other in games related to issues such as auction, task allocation, coalition formation, and negotiation. This article documents my designs of and lessons learned from these Game Days. The Game Days were very successful. Through role-playing, the students were motivated and learned about multiagent systems.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 36, Issue 1

March 2004

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DOI:10.1145/1028174

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SIGCSE '04: Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2004
544 pages
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52039-1_9
Gibson BBell TCaspersen MKnobelsdorf MRomeike R(2013)Evaluation of games for teaching computer scienceProceedings of the 8th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education10.1145/2532748.2532751(51-60)Online publication date: 11-Nov-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2532748.2532751
Urness T(2010)How Bob Barker Would (Probably) Teach Discrete MathematicsPRIMUS10.1080/1051197090275621720:6(550-561)Online publication date: 12-Jul-2010
https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970902756217
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Soh LDavoli RGoldweber MSalomoni P(2006)Implementing the jigsaw model in CS1 closed labsProceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1140124.1140169(163-167)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
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