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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>2006 Competition Data</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Tutorial</strong></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p><o:p><a class="RE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130807204540/http://www.biddingagentcompetition.com/5keywords.mat"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">5keywords.mat</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp; Sample data (Matlab format)</font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p><o:p><a class="RE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130807204540/http://www.biddingagentcompetition.com/Sample_data_format2.doc"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sample data format </font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Describes the file format for the above text file.</font></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Call for participation and Official rules&nbsp;(word format) </font><a class="RE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130807204540/http://www.biddingagentcompetition.com/BAC_CFP4.doc"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">BAC_CFP4.doc</font></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Call for participation and Official rules (text format) </font><a class="RE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130807204540/http://www.biddingagentcompetition.com/BAC_CFP4.txt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">BAC_CFP4.txt</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Call for partiicpation abridged (text format) <a class="RE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130807204540/http://www.biddingagentcompetition.com/BAC_ShortCFP4.txt">BAC_ShortCFP4.txt</a> </font></o:p></p>
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