vanb@eola.cs.ucf.edu (David Van Brackle) (02/20/91)
* * * Announcing: GISMO * * * (Game for Intelligent Simulated Military Opponents) The Institute for Simulation and Training in Orlando is pleased to announce the First Game for Intelligent Simulated Military Opponents. In order to stimulate research in the fields of interactive distributed simulation and behavioral modelling, IST will be sponsoring a competion. Competitors are invited to write programs to control a small force of tanks in a simple scenario. Programs will communicate with a battle simulator via 2400-baud modems on toll-free telephone numbers, and will compete directly with each other. The competition will be open to any school, company, individual or group of individuals using any kind of computing machinery. Full details of the competition, including rules, specification of the scenario and how to communicate with the simulator, are now available. Competitors will have approximately one year to develop their programs. The competition will be held in October and November of 1991. For more information, contact: David Van Brackle Institute for Simulation and Training 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300 Orlando, FL 32826 (407) 658-5500 Internet: vanb@cs.ucf.edu