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We have developed a system based on Answer Set Programming (ASP) for the automatic generation of the teams of employees in the seaport of Gioia Tauro. The problem here is to generate a correct allocation of the available personnel of the international seaport of Gioia Tauro in such a way that the right processing of the shoring cargo boats is guaranteed. To this end several constraints have to be satisfied. Depending on the size and the load of cargo boats, an appropriate number of employees of different skills is required. The selection of the employees and the role they play in the team (each employee might cover several roles according with his/her skills) are subject to many conditions (e.g., fair distribution of the working load, tournament of the heavy/dangerous roles, etc.). The system can build new teams, complete the allocation automatically when some key employees are fixed manually, and …