!!!Competition in the 21st Computer Olympiad

!!Result
{{ref_image CO2018.jpg}}
1st_prize; Jiritsu-kun, 2nd_prize; GCCS, 3rd_prize; LastOneTAI

!Log
{{ref  CO2018_Log.zip}}

!! Outline
*This competition is held as a part of the 21st Computer Olympiad. Curling AIs play games on the system called Digital Curling to decide which one is strong.
::What is Computer Olympiad?
:::Computer Olympiad is the comprehensive competition of games held by International Computer Games Association. {{br}}
:::Please visit [here|http://www.tcga.tw/icga-computer-olympiad-2018/en/] for detail information.
!! Date{{br}}
*July 9-11, 2018{{br}}{{br}}
*Schedule
**1st day(July 9)
//***14:00　Open & Prepare for the match
//***14:30　Game Start
//***19:00　Finish of the 1st day (the time depends on the number of participations)
**2nd day(July 10)
//***9:30  Open & Prepare for the match
//***10:00　Game Start
//***14:30-16:00　Final game

!! Venue{{br}}
*Information Center, National Taipei University (San-Shia Campus){{br}}

!! Regulations
*Length of games will be scheduled '''8 ends'''.
*If the number of participating teams is less than 6 teams, match-up will be done in round robin manner. In the case of more than 7 teams, the ranking will be decided by Swiss tournament.(It may change depending on the progress.) 
::Simulator and upper limit of shot strength
*<<The upper limit of the y component of the shot vector transmitted with the BESTSHOT command is 48.79 >>, and shots larger than this value are invalid.
**<<The size of the vector before the random number is added will be checked.>> Actual shot values may exceed this limit, since random numbers are added, 
**The size of the x component of the shot vector is not checked.
*Prohibited from consuming computational resources when you are not your turn.

!! Thinking time{{br}}
*219 seconds

!! Extra end
*The match will go to "extra end", if the score of each team is same at the finish of the 8th end.
*Extra end will be started as a new game by the following setting.
**End; 1 end
**Thinking time; 28 seconds for each
**Hammer team; the team that lost the last end

!! Limit on thread{{br}}
*No limit within the specifications of computer used at the competition

!! The specifications of computer used at this competition{{br}}
*OS：Windows 10 Home 64 bits{{br}}
*Processor：Intel(R) Core（TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40 GHz{{br}}
*Memory：16 GB RAM{{br}}

!! Simulator{{br}}
*The simulator used in this event is [Ver.2.4_GAT|http://minerva.cs.uec.ac.jp/curling/wiki.cgi?page=%A5%C0%A5%A6%A5%F3%A5%ED%A1%BC%A5%C9].

!! Random number{{br}}
*Normal random numbers are used, and the x axis is μ = 0, σ = 0.0725, y axis is μ = 0, σ = 0.2900.(It is set at 0.145 on the client.){{br}}


!! Requirements of participant{{br}}
*Program needs to work on the official client of digital curling.
*Participant must send the source code of participating program after completion to release it.
*At least one of the developers is expected to show up to the competition site.
*Please mention [Computer Olympiad|http://www.tcga.tw/icga-computer-olympiad-2018/en/] also sets its rules.

!! Participation & Question about this competition{{br}}
*'''You need to register both here (mentioned below) and on [Computer Olympiad page|http://www.tcga.tw/icga-computer-olympiad-2018/en/]'''
*Please fill in the following necessary items and apply via e-mail with your program to "taito@mbc.nifty.com". We will confirm whether it works on our environment, and will contact you for confirmation. Please wait for a few days.{{br}}
*'''<<Application deadline: June 25, 2018>>'''{{br}}
*If you have any question about this competition, please ask us via email to "taito@mbc.nifty.com".
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Organized by: Takeshi Ito Laboratory, the University of Electro-Communications