A portfolio-based analysis method for competition results
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31/07/2022Author
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ECF-2020-168
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Abstract
Competitions such as the MiniZinc Challenges or the SAT competitions have been very useful sources for comparing performance of different solving approaches and for advancing the state-of-the-arts of the fields. Traditional competition setting often focuses on producing a ranking between solvers based on their average performance across a wide range of benchmark problems and instances. While this is a sensible way to assess the relative performance of solvers, such ranking does not necessarily reflect the full potential of a solver, especially when we want to utilise a portfolio of solvers instead of a single one for solving a new problem. In this paper, I will describe a portfolio-based analysis method which can give complementary insights into the performance of participating solvers in a competition. The method is demonstrated on the results of the MiniZinc Challenges and new insights gained from the portfolio viewpoint are presented.
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Dang , N 2022 , A portfolio-based analysis method for competition results . in ModRef 2022 : 21 st workshop on constraint modelling and reformulation . Online , The 21st workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation , Haifa , Israel , 31/07/22 . < https://modref.github.io/papers/ModRef2022_PortfolioBasedAnalysisMethodForCompetitionResults.pdf > workshop
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ModRef 2022
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Nguyen Dang is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow.Collections
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