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Re: FAQ questions
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Frank Lin |
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Re: FAQ questions |
Date: |
Fri, 3 May 1996 21:37:03 -0500 (CDT) |
Hi, Roger,
Thanks so much to respond to my question. As you indicated, there is no
such source codes in the current distribution to show the multi-level swarms
feature. Is that possible you can send me those files having the feature, so
that I can have idea to make use of it. Thanks again.
Frank Lin
>
> >From Benedikt Stefansson's message, and also in answer to Frank Lin's
> questions earlier this week:
>
> > Are you thinking of including any chapters in the FAQ on Swarm
> > objects and libraries? I have been waiting for some clearer
> > indications on how to use Swarm to create recursive swarms, i.e.
> > where agents (or the behavioral unit being simulated) are themselves
> > societies of units. For example, can each individual have his own
> > space of objects and scheduling?
> >
> > Examples or hints for these kinds of simulations would also help
> > those who want to use Swarm to model hierarchies and other nested
> > societies/economies (re Frank Lin's question to this list earlier
> > this week)
>
> Yes, the use of Swarm objects will be documented, not just informally
> in a FAQ, but as part of both reference and tutorial docs. Initial
> reference docs are currently in progress for the upcoming release.
>
> Meanwhile, we're also in process of implementing at least two-level
> nested swarms just to manage the display processes of an experiment
> separate from the model being simulated. This means that examples
> of multiple swarms will be close at hand in the base simulation
> framework. As part of finalizing how to do this, however, we revamped
> and simplified the Swarm startup procedure more than before, so if
> there had been documentation before it would now be out of date.
>
> As far as I know, the only running examples which used multi-level
> swarms before were grid9.m and mousetraps.m in the grid test program
> directory (not the mousetraps application), but I don't think this is
> currently being distributed since we split out the apps from the
> library releases. But all the machinery for multi-level swarms is
> already in place and working, at least as exercised by these earlier
> tests. And they're very much at the core of what Swarm is intended to
> be, so it's important that we have what you're asking for.
>
> Roger Burkhart
>