1. Mid Project Update Andrew Besmer Jayasri Vaidyanath Bob Sterlacci

2. Overview  Bob - Current Work – Agent Bob  Jayasri – Testing The Bot!  Andrew – Future Work  Andrew – Questions

3. Bob – Current Development  Working on “Agent Bob”  Buying only good hotels Bid enough to win Bid enough to win I.E. 1000 I.E. 1000  Buy all flights immediately Price goes up over time Price goes up over time Happens in game and out of game in real life Happens in game and out of game in real life  Discard (trade) entertainment if it is not worth much to us Threshold is 25 Threshold is 25 Buy entertainment that is most useful to us Buy entertainment that is most useful to us

4. Bob – Current Development  Selling the entertainment at a fixed price Hurts us to keep the entertainment once the game is over Hurts us to keep the entertainment once the game is over  Future possible development discussed later.

5. Jayasri – Testing The Bot!  Per recommendation from other group and Dr. Raja running tests against real bots.  Using UTTA06 bot available from TAC Bot Repository Modify config file to run locally and also to run a single game. Modify config file to run locally and also to run a single game. Multiple games will be done later. Multiple games will be done later.  In future we might also try another bot RoxyBot Other bots seemed to have run time errors Other bots seemed to have run time errors This bot seems to compile. This bot seems to compile.

6. Jayasri – Testing The Bot!  Results so far inconsistent. Testing consists of 8 bots Testing consists of 8 bots 6 Dummy’s6 Dummy’s 1 UTTA06 Bot1 UTTA06 Bot 1 Agent Bob1 Agent Bob Multiple test runs have led to Agent Bob losing completely, getting 2 nd place and getting 1 st place. Multiple test runs have led to Agent Bob losing completely, getting 2 nd place and getting 1 st place.  For the “final” test we may want to run quite a few games and take the average. Which average to take, utility, place, etc… Which average to take, utility, place, etc…

7. Andrew – Future Work  Preventing loss of utility by making bids for entertainment that is not worth it.  Instead of selling entertainment at nominal price use “market status” to quote and sell entertainment.  Experiment with extending or shorting a customers trip. What is the result? Is the loss in utility worth it? What is the result? Is the loss in utility worth it?

8. Andrew- Future Work  Running agent with more agents from Repository Appears we might be getting hotel rooms for less money than most would expect (some possibly free) Appears we might be getting hotel rooms for less money than most would expect (some possibly free) More of a challenge against many “smart agents” More of a challenge against many “smart agents” Agent Bob is smart… Agent Bob is smart…  Ensure that buying is done in the following format entertainment, hotel, then airline. This is sort of a top down design. This is sort of a top down design. Sometimes results in more expensive tickets. Sometimes results in more expensive tickets.

9. Questions