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+# AUTHORS
+
+* Ellie BEAUPREZ, Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
+
+* [Anne-Cécile CARON](https://pro.univ-lille.fr/anne-cecile-caron), Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
+
+* [Maxime MORGE](https://pro.univ-lille.fr/maxime-morge), Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
+
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+# CONTRIBUTORS
+
+* [Jean-Christophe ROUTIER](https://pro.univ-lille.fr/jean-christophe-routier), Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
+
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@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 SMASTA+ is a Scala implementation of the Extended Multi-agents Situated Task Allocation.
 
-We study the problem of allocating concurrent jobs composed of situated tasks, 
-underlying the distributed deployment of the MapReduce design pattern on a cluster. 
-In order to minimise the mean flowtime of jobs, we propose a multi-agent strategy that allows 
-the concurrency of negotiation and consumption. Our experiments show that our reallocation strategy, 
+We study the problem of allocating concurrent jobs composed of situated tasks,
+underlying the distributed deployment of the MapReduce design pattern on a cluster.
+In order to minimise the mean flowtime of jobs, we propose a multi-agent strategy that allows
+the concurrency of negotiation and consumption. Our experiments show that our reallocation strategy,
 when executed continuously during the consumption process improves the flowtime.
 
-<!-- 
+<!--
 <figure class="video_container">
   <video controls="controls" allowfullscreen="true" poster="videos/smasta+.png">
     <source src="videos/smasta+.m4v" type="video/mp4">
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ when executed continuously during the consumption process improves the flowtime.
   </video>
 </figure>
 -->
-<!-- 
+<!--
 <figure class="video_container">
   <iframe src="https://www.youtu.be/embed/SChazopMfo4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"> </iframe>
 </figure>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ and its implementation.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-In order to run SMASTA+ you need: 
+In order to run SMASTA+ you need:
 
 - the Java virtual machine [JVM 17.0.2](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ In order to run SMASTA+ you need:
 
 - eventually [IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio 12.8](https://www.ibm.com/analytics/data-science/prescriptive-analytics/cplex-optimizer) for comparison
 
-- eventually [PlantUML](https://plantuml.com/) for drawing the sequence diagram of the negotiation 
+- eventually [PlantUML](https://plantuml.com/) for drawing the sequence diagram of the negotiation
 
 - eventually [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) for monitoring reallocation during consumption
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ or
 
     java -jar smastaplus-assembly-X.Y.jar org.smastaplus.utils.MASTAPlusBalancer -g -d -v examples/stap/ex1.txt ex1AllocationFound.txt
 
-Usage: 
+Usage:
 
     Usage: java -jar smastaplus-assembly-X.Y.jar org.smastaplus.utils.MASTAPlusBalancer [-vwfghidslcomh] inputFilename outputFilename
     The following options are available:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ then
 
     sbt "run org.smastaplus.utils.MASTAPlusConsumer -v -m
 
-or 
+or
 
     sbt "run org.smastaplus.utils.MASTAPlusBalancer -v -d -g examples/stap/ex1.txt ex1AllocationFound.txt"
 
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ eventually
 
     sbt assembly
 
-## Monitoring 
+## Monitoring
 
-The instructions for monitoring the task allocation are [here](monitoring).    
+The instructions for monitoring the task allocation are [here](monitoring).
 
 ## Specifications
 
@@ -149,14 +149,6 @@ The technical specification of the framework is [here](doc/specification).
 For reproducibility, the empirical evaluation of SMASTA+ can be performed with
 the following [instructions](doc/experiments).
 
-## Contributors
-
-Copyright (C) Maxime MORGE, Ellie BEAUPREZ, Anne-Cécile CARON, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
-
-## Additional contributors
-
-Jean-Christophe ROUTIER
-
 ##  Publications
 
 Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.
@@ -179,9 +171,9 @@ In A. P. ROCHA, L. STEELS & H. J. van den HERIK (Éd.), Agents and Artificial In
 13th International Conference, ICAART 2021, Online streaming, February 4-6, 2021,
 Revised Selected Papers (p. 22-45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10161-8_2
 
-Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier. 
-[Une stratégie de négociation multi-agents pour réduire la durée moyenne de réalisation.](doc/publications/beauprez21jfsma.pdf) 
-Vingt-neuvièmes journées francophones sur les systèmes multi-agents (JFSMA), 
+Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.
+[Une stratégie de négociation multi-agents pour réduire la durée moyenne de réalisation.](doc/publications/beauprez21jfsma.pdf)
+Vingt-neuvièmes journées francophones sur les systèmes multi-agents (JFSMA),
 Jun 2021, Bordeaux, France. pp.31-40.
 
 Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.
@@ -189,9 +181,9 @@ Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.
 Vingt-neuvièmes journées francophones sur les systèmes multi-agents (JFSMA),
 Jun 2021, Bordeaux, France. pp.51-60.
 
-Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier. 
-[A Multi-Agent Negotiation Strategy for Reducing the Flowtime.](doc/publications/beauprez21icaart.pdf) 
-13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 
+Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.
+[A Multi-Agent Negotiation Strategy for Reducing the Flowtime.](doc/publications/beauprez21icaart.pdf)
+13th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence,
 Feb 2021, Online streaming, Spain. pp.58-68.
 
 Ellie Beauprez, Anne-Cécile Caron, Maxime Morge, Jean-Christophe Routier.