Chapter 5 . Applications of Adaptive Agents
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5.4.2
Pelagic Food Web Simulation by Adaptive Agents
Adaptive agents simulation of pelagic food webs will be implemented according
to Figure 5.6. Seven state variable-based agents will be considered initially to
represent the following ecological entities: blue-green algae, green algae and
diatoms, herbivorous and carnivorous zooplankton, planktivorous and piscivorous
fish (see Figure 5.6a).
pH
Solar Radiation
Freshwater
Ecosystem
Water Temperarure
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Competition
Environm:ntal Driving Force
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Agent "Offspring"
Fig. 5.6. Adaptive agents simulation of pelagic food-web dynamics
These seven agents interact by predation and competition, and are determined
by environmental driving forces such as solar radiation, water temperature,