| A simulation
of the simulation Planet Wator which
is on the Web at the Temple of Alife.
An intermediate challenge before trying to simulate an actual social process
is to simulate an existing simulation. At least you know that there are
simple rules behind the behavior you observe and that someone else has figured
them out. Planet Wator is a simulated
ecological system: an ocean containing sharks
and fish. Sharks get hungry and eat fish. Sharks and fish both reproduce.
These predator-prey interactions mimic relationships in social systems between
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Planet Wator II - with maze-like
bugs
The logic of shark - fish interactions is buggy. For
some unintended reason the sharks and fish produce maze-like structures.
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Tim's Planet Wator
Interesting logic as to the relationship between shark
reproduction and its state of hunger. Looks like everyone is moving in
lockstep towards one corner or the other.
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Dave's Planet Wator
Sharks eat fish and the agents wander randomly. Looks
like all that's missing is reproduction.
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Lonnie's Planet Wator
Wator implemented with with sound. Looks quite interesting
and produces some unexpected quilt-like patterns.
Executable (maybe later)
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Planet Wator III - with schools
Sharks and fish don't move, but their offspring are
born in adjacent cells. The dynamics look a little better. The fact the
agents can alter the cells around them, combined with the fact that agents
are given turns in column/row order, gives rise to certain asymmetries.
It is also odd that the schools of sharks are roughly the same shapes.
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Meteorite Falls
From witnesses we know that different types of meteorite
fall to Earth with these different frequencies:
- 80% Ordinary Chondrites
- 4% Carbonaceous Chondrites
- 2% Enstatite Chondrites
- 8% Achondrites
- 1% Stony Irons
- 5% Irons
Are two Ordinary Chondrites found
together simply fragments from the same fall or really two distinct falls?
How would we know?
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