In this study we develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biolog... more In this study we develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biologists, a comprehensive model of landscapes and ecosystems dynamics based on bioinspiration principles. Faced with the issue of taking into consideration a variety of elements, processes, interactions, contexts, and scales simultaneously, we iteratively develop this model using successive aggregation of new components based on specific case studies. These were then generalized and consolidated to form a coherent platform. To address robustness, the model was continually reworked in search of the closest resemblance to the concrete workings of Nature.
We have arrived at a general architecture built from the bottom up that is both generic and as parsimonious as possible. The model emerging from this compilation is a shared class tree with three primary categories of variability: (i) cognitive living agents, (ii) containers of agents that can be nested at various functional scales, and (iii) particular genomes that instantiate attributes for each type of agent. The results of the iterative strategy to modeling synthetic ecology are discussed, as well as the suitability of object-oriented paradigms (composi-tion, aggregation, inheritance, generalization...) for achieving the goal of bioinspired modeling
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2021
In the field of ecoinformatics, synthetic ecologies approach intends to reproduce in silico the a... more In the field of ecoinformatics, synthetic ecologies approach intends to reproduce in silico the architecture and functioning of a real domain 'as it works'. When the systems to be represented are complex, bioinspiration is proposed as a relevant approach to develop robust modelling. This study aims to develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biologists, a comprehensive synthetic ecology about a given application domain: wild rodents' population dynamics. To address the complexity of the field, the architecture is gradually grown and shaped from integration of successive and diverse case studies modelling in the application domain. Developed for more than ten years, the same model has made it possible to represent historical, cellular and/or ecological processes at the scales of a country, a region, a city or a laboratory as well as a diversity of interacting living beings. Results present how principles such as composition, aggregation, inheritance, generalization have been used to elaborate a synthetic ecology. These paradigms altogether constitute a rich, and improvable, toolbox offering a varied set of possible uses to formalize bioinspired landscape or ecologies.
Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2018
Identifying parameters value is a major issue in model engineering. In discrete time agent-based ... more Identifying parameters value is a major issue in model engineering. In discrete time agent-based models, time step is an important one as it determines the frequency at which agents realize their activity step. This parameter is commonly defined as a fixed constant during the model design stage. In particular cases, this may lead to biases as it may be sometimes difficult to determine if agents efficiently realize their activity step once each 1, 2 seconds, hour or the like. A simulation model of a rodent population has been used to study the effect of using a flexible time scale on its outcomes. Three types of processes have been considered as time dependent in the model, environment sensing, movement and life cycle (maturity, gestation…). A time step sensitivity analysis constitutes the principal result of this study. For the widest range of time step values, model's behaviour is unrealistic and bound to algorithms artefacts. A very small range of time steps leads to simulation of a perennial rodents' population. Biases bound to variable time step implementation are discussed. Using flexible time scale approach proved efficient to get insight into the model's behaviour and fruitful clues to assess agents' processes frequency in the actual ecosystem.
Abstract Interest in the modelling and simulation of complex systems with processes occurring at ... more Abstract Interest in the modelling and simulation of complex systems with processes occurring at several spatial and temporal scales is increasing, particularly in biological, historical and geographic studies. In this multi-scale modelling study, we propose a generic model to account for processes operating at several scales. In this approach, a ‘world’ corresponds to a complete and self-sufficient submodel with its own places, agents, spatial resolution and temporal scale. Represented worlds can be nested: a world (with new scales) may have a greater level of detail than the model at the next level up, making it possible to study phenomena with greater precision. This process can be reiterated, to create additional scales, with no formal limit. Worlds’ simulations can be triggered simultaneously or in cascade. Within a world, agents can choose destinations in other worlds, to which they can travel using routes and inter-world ‘gates’. Once they arrive in a destination world, the agents ‘fit’ the new scale. An agent in a given world can also perceive and interact with other agents, regardless of the world to which they belong, provided they are encompassed by its perception disc. We present and discuss an application of this model to the issue of the spread of black rats by means of commercial transportation in Senegal (West Africa).
La systémique apporte depuis peu un nouveau regard sur la structure et le fonctionnement des syst... more La systémique apporte depuis peu un nouveau regard sur la structure et le fonctionnement des systèmes complexes. Elle constitue donc une perspective intéressante pour tenter de décrire et de comprendre les exploitations halieutiques. Si certains concepts propres à cette méthode (globalité, interaction) s'avèrent pertinents et efficaces dans ce domaine, d'autres sont en revanche plus difficiles à exploiter (émergence, reconnaissance des centres de décision, problèmes de validation). L'objectif de cette communication est de discuter l'intérêt et l'adéquation de l'approche système à la modélisation des exploitations halieutiques. Les thèmes évoqués sont inspirés d'une expérience de modélisation systémique appliquée à la dynamique de la pêche artisanale au Sénégal. (Résumé d'auteur)
Fishery exploitation systems are driven by environmental fluctuations, the communities'adapta... more Fishery exploitation systems are driven by environmental fluctuations, the communities'adaptability, and the dynamics of interaction between these two. Better understanding and monitoring of fishery systems therefore requires an integrated representation scheme. An object-oriented model is presented for that purpose. Each component of the fishery system is considered a sub-object of a "fishery-system" generic object. In the hierarchy, environments, markets, fish stocks, fish industries, and equipment, as well as fishing, trading, and consuming communities are identified. The different components can exchange information, fishes, currencies, or human actors. A submodel of the human actors' decision process formalizes the interactions between the different components of the represented system. An application of this sub-model to a Senegalese (West Africa) small-scale fishery is presented. Ten years of fishery activity with observed communities' appearances and co...
La pêche artisanale au Sénégal est reconnue comme un système dynamique complexe dans lequel les f... more La pêche artisanale au Sénégal est reconnue comme un système dynamique complexe dans lequel les facteurs écologiques, biologiques, économiques, sociologiques interagissent pour produire une dynamique d'ensemble. Pour faire face à la complexité du domaine étudié, une méthodologie est présentée pour modéliser la dynamique globale du système pêche artisanale. Le modèle conceptuel repose sur l'utilisation de l'approche dite systémique. Elle permet de définir, dans ce travail, une perception structurelle et fonctionnelle de l'objet d'étude sous la forme d'un ensemble de réseaux interconnectés au sein desquels circulent différents types de flux (poissons, monnaie, acteurs humains, information). La traduction formelle de ce modèle exploite les potentialités de l'intelligence artificielle et plus particulièrement de l'approche objet. (D'après résumé d'auteur)
Competitions between fleet of small-scale and industrial fisheries to access to the resources and... more Competitions between fleet of small-scale and industrial fisheries to access to the resources and their space in the Guinean EEZ are described. The competition to access to the resources is mostly concerning the fish families of scianidae community, polynemidae, ariidae and sparidae. These competitions lead to conflicts which cause a lot of losses and destructions of the equipments of the small-scale fishery, destructions of the fishing gears and even fishermen are drowned. 9 landing places have been investigated, where 230 conflicts have been registered from 1992 to 2000. Losses and destructions of fishing gears are the most frequent, in comparison with the observed damages and represent more than 95% of the registered conflicts cases. Fishermen with long-line and set gillnet are the most exposed to these conflicts. They sustain more than 60% of the registered cases with respectively 43% and 25%. Drifting gillnet and encircling gillnet follow them on the second position. The majori...
Couplage d'un modèle multi-agent de la dynamique d'une ressource marine avec un modèle multi-agen... more Couplage d'un modèle multi-agent de la dynamique d'une ressource marine avec un modèle multi-agents de l'exploitation halieutique artisanale sénégalaise.
A 'laboratory' model of radionuclide transfer between marine organisms and seawater was extended ... more A 'laboratory' model of radionuclide transfer between marine organisms and seawater was extended with a mew to using it in situ The model was applied to results of experiments performed in situ on the French shores of the English Channel. Therefore 2 first experiments on the transfer of 106ruthenium between Mytilus edulis and its environment were carried out to establish parameters. The results of these experiments confirmed that the model could predict the time-course of concentrations in the organisms, in the accumulation experiment as well as during the elimination phase in which comparison of the results with other work allowed some of the proposed hypotheses to be validated. Once the transfer model had been characterized, it was applied to results obtained in an independent test experiment. The accuracy of the model fitting to the data was not entirely satisfactory but the discrepancy between the estimates and observations was much smaller than that obtained using the standard 'concentration factor' method. The results obtained in the 2 experiments were compared and factors were considered that might be responsible for the differences observed between real and calculated concentrations. Previous work led to the conclusion that the main factor still to be represented in the model was seasonal change in the metabolism of the mussels and more precisely the mussels' weight fluctuations. Although the formulation of the model has yet to b e perfected, results obtained indicate that it could constitute a satisfactory tool for describing concentrations of radioactivity in an organism in situ.
... gramme similaire de gestion côtière dénommé Observatoire Mangrove dont le produit final a été... more ... gramme similaire de gestion côtière dénommé Observatoire Mangrove dont le produit final a été un Atlas géoréférencé de l'occupation spatiale côtière avec une cartographie détaillée (Rossi et al., 2000). ... soura (d'après Le Fur et Chavance, 1998). Acquisition des informations ...
Nowadays one discerns more and more the limited character of marine resources. Besides this, the ... more Nowadays one discerns more and more the limited character of marine resources. Besides this, the classical models in population dynamics and bio-economy did not show their operative character in managing these resources, most of them being actually in a chronic state of overexploitation. Co-viability is here proposed as a conceptual model of fisheries aiming to contribute to the definition of an applicable fisheries management. We first present the crisis context in which evolves marine resources exploitation and scientific research (disciplinary point of view). Recent history of the Peruvian anchovy fishery exemplifies the complex overlapping of the political, bio-ecological, micro and macro-economic systems. We then present different results of dynamic modelling on interfaces such as (i) environment - resource where inertia appears to be a main driving force, (ii) resource - exploitation in which technical and biological diversity interact. An example on the pelagic market illustr...
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2017
Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many function... more Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many functional levels, from DNA to ecosystems. We have developed an object/agent-oriented simulation model to represent these elements and phenomena in an integrated manner. Given the diversity of domains, items, processes and scales to be considered, we used an incremental approach to model development, with contrasting case studies successively represented and connected within the same model. Each study enriches the model and benefits from previous developments. The results emerging from this compilation are reflected into a shared class tree composed of three broad domains of variability: (i) concrete agents, (ii) specific genomes that instantiate the characteristics of each type of agent and (iii) agent containers that can be described on several scales. The classification that appears is characterized by the triviality of the categories obtained. It resembles natural partitioning, which lends it certain robustness, facilitating its extension. The essentially transitory nature of the construction is discussed, together with its dependence on the formalisms used. The current model, built on a combination of eight case studies, appears to be sufficiently robust to address new aspects and to serve as a basis for the further construction of an integrated view of the complex dynamics associated here with rodents.
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2017
Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many function... more Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many functional levels, from DNA to ecosystems. We have developed an object/agent-oriented simulation model to represent these elements and phenomena in an integrated manner. Given the diversity of domains, items, processes and scales to be considered, we used an incremental approach to model development, with contrasting case studies successively represented and connected within the same model. Each study enriches the model and benefits from previous developments. The results emerging from this compilation are reflected into a shared class tree composed of three broad domains of variability: (i) concrete agents, (ii) specific genomes that instantiate the characteristics of each type of agent and (iii) agent containers that can be described on several scales. The classification that appears is characterized by the triviality of the categories obtained. It resembles natural partitioning, which lends it certain robustness, facilitating its extension. The essentially transitory nature of the construction is discussed, together with its dependence on the formalisms used. The current model, built on a combination of eight case studies, appears to be sufficiently robust to address new aspects and to serve as a basis for the further construction of an integrated view of the complex dynamics associated here with rodents.
In this study we develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biolog... more In this study we develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biologists, a comprehensive model of landscapes and ecosystems dynamics based on bioinspiration principles. Faced with the issue of taking into consideration a variety of elements, processes, interactions, contexts, and scales simultaneously, we iteratively develop this model using successive aggregation of new components based on specific case studies. These were then generalized and consolidated to form a coherent platform. To address robustness, the model was continually reworked in search of the closest resemblance to the concrete workings of Nature.
We have arrived at a general architecture built from the bottom up that is both generic and as parsimonious as possible. The model emerging from this compilation is a shared class tree with three primary categories of variability: (i) cognitive living agents, (ii) containers of agents that can be nested at various functional scales, and (iii) particular genomes that instantiate attributes for each type of agent. The results of the iterative strategy to modeling synthetic ecology are discussed, as well as the suitability of object-oriented paradigms (composi-tion, aggregation, inheritance, generalization...) for achieving the goal of bioinspired modeling
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2021
In the field of ecoinformatics, synthetic ecologies approach intends to reproduce in silico the a... more In the field of ecoinformatics, synthetic ecologies approach intends to reproduce in silico the architecture and functioning of a real domain 'as it works'. When the systems to be represented are complex, bioinspiration is proposed as a relevant approach to develop robust modelling. This study aims to develop, using basic object-oriented paradigms, and in collaboration with biologists, a comprehensive synthetic ecology about a given application domain: wild rodents' population dynamics. To address the complexity of the field, the architecture is gradually grown and shaped from integration of successive and diverse case studies modelling in the application domain. Developed for more than ten years, the same model has made it possible to represent historical, cellular and/or ecological processes at the scales of a country, a region, a city or a laboratory as well as a diversity of interacting living beings. Results present how principles such as composition, aggregation, inheritance, generalization have been used to elaborate a synthetic ecology. These paradigms altogether constitute a rich, and improvable, toolbox offering a varied set of possible uses to formalize bioinspired landscape or ecologies.
Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2018
Identifying parameters value is a major issue in model engineering. In discrete time agent-based ... more Identifying parameters value is a major issue in model engineering. In discrete time agent-based models, time step is an important one as it determines the frequency at which agents realize their activity step. This parameter is commonly defined as a fixed constant during the model design stage. In particular cases, this may lead to biases as it may be sometimes difficult to determine if agents efficiently realize their activity step once each 1, 2 seconds, hour or the like. A simulation model of a rodent population has been used to study the effect of using a flexible time scale on its outcomes. Three types of processes have been considered as time dependent in the model, environment sensing, movement and life cycle (maturity, gestation…). A time step sensitivity analysis constitutes the principal result of this study. For the widest range of time step values, model's behaviour is unrealistic and bound to algorithms artefacts. A very small range of time steps leads to simulation of a perennial rodents' population. Biases bound to variable time step implementation are discussed. Using flexible time scale approach proved efficient to get insight into the model's behaviour and fruitful clues to assess agents' processes frequency in the actual ecosystem.
Abstract Interest in the modelling and simulation of complex systems with processes occurring at ... more Abstract Interest in the modelling and simulation of complex systems with processes occurring at several spatial and temporal scales is increasing, particularly in biological, historical and geographic studies. In this multi-scale modelling study, we propose a generic model to account for processes operating at several scales. In this approach, a ‘world’ corresponds to a complete and self-sufficient submodel with its own places, agents, spatial resolution and temporal scale. Represented worlds can be nested: a world (with new scales) may have a greater level of detail than the model at the next level up, making it possible to study phenomena with greater precision. This process can be reiterated, to create additional scales, with no formal limit. Worlds’ simulations can be triggered simultaneously or in cascade. Within a world, agents can choose destinations in other worlds, to which they can travel using routes and inter-world ‘gates’. Once they arrive in a destination world, the agents ‘fit’ the new scale. An agent in a given world can also perceive and interact with other agents, regardless of the world to which they belong, provided they are encompassed by its perception disc. We present and discuss an application of this model to the issue of the spread of black rats by means of commercial transportation in Senegal (West Africa).
La systémique apporte depuis peu un nouveau regard sur la structure et le fonctionnement des syst... more La systémique apporte depuis peu un nouveau regard sur la structure et le fonctionnement des systèmes complexes. Elle constitue donc une perspective intéressante pour tenter de décrire et de comprendre les exploitations halieutiques. Si certains concepts propres à cette méthode (globalité, interaction) s'avèrent pertinents et efficaces dans ce domaine, d'autres sont en revanche plus difficiles à exploiter (émergence, reconnaissance des centres de décision, problèmes de validation). L'objectif de cette communication est de discuter l'intérêt et l'adéquation de l'approche système à la modélisation des exploitations halieutiques. Les thèmes évoqués sont inspirés d'une expérience de modélisation systémique appliquée à la dynamique de la pêche artisanale au Sénégal. (Résumé d'auteur)
Fishery exploitation systems are driven by environmental fluctuations, the communities'adapta... more Fishery exploitation systems are driven by environmental fluctuations, the communities'adaptability, and the dynamics of interaction between these two. Better understanding and monitoring of fishery systems therefore requires an integrated representation scheme. An object-oriented model is presented for that purpose. Each component of the fishery system is considered a sub-object of a "fishery-system" generic object. In the hierarchy, environments, markets, fish stocks, fish industries, and equipment, as well as fishing, trading, and consuming communities are identified. The different components can exchange information, fishes, currencies, or human actors. A submodel of the human actors' decision process formalizes the interactions between the different components of the represented system. An application of this sub-model to a Senegalese (West Africa) small-scale fishery is presented. Ten years of fishery activity with observed communities' appearances and co...
La pêche artisanale au Sénégal est reconnue comme un système dynamique complexe dans lequel les f... more La pêche artisanale au Sénégal est reconnue comme un système dynamique complexe dans lequel les facteurs écologiques, biologiques, économiques, sociologiques interagissent pour produire une dynamique d'ensemble. Pour faire face à la complexité du domaine étudié, une méthodologie est présentée pour modéliser la dynamique globale du système pêche artisanale. Le modèle conceptuel repose sur l'utilisation de l'approche dite systémique. Elle permet de définir, dans ce travail, une perception structurelle et fonctionnelle de l'objet d'étude sous la forme d'un ensemble de réseaux interconnectés au sein desquels circulent différents types de flux (poissons, monnaie, acteurs humains, information). La traduction formelle de ce modèle exploite les potentialités de l'intelligence artificielle et plus particulièrement de l'approche objet. (D'après résumé d'auteur)
Competitions between fleet of small-scale and industrial fisheries to access to the resources and... more Competitions between fleet of small-scale and industrial fisheries to access to the resources and their space in the Guinean EEZ are described. The competition to access to the resources is mostly concerning the fish families of scianidae community, polynemidae, ariidae and sparidae. These competitions lead to conflicts which cause a lot of losses and destructions of the equipments of the small-scale fishery, destructions of the fishing gears and even fishermen are drowned. 9 landing places have been investigated, where 230 conflicts have been registered from 1992 to 2000. Losses and destructions of fishing gears are the most frequent, in comparison with the observed damages and represent more than 95% of the registered conflicts cases. Fishermen with long-line and set gillnet are the most exposed to these conflicts. They sustain more than 60% of the registered cases with respectively 43% and 25%. Drifting gillnet and encircling gillnet follow them on the second position. The majori...
Couplage d'un modèle multi-agent de la dynamique d'une ressource marine avec un modèle multi-agen... more Couplage d'un modèle multi-agent de la dynamique d'une ressource marine avec un modèle multi-agents de l'exploitation halieutique artisanale sénégalaise.
A 'laboratory' model of radionuclide transfer between marine organisms and seawater was extended ... more A 'laboratory' model of radionuclide transfer between marine organisms and seawater was extended with a mew to using it in situ The model was applied to results of experiments performed in situ on the French shores of the English Channel. Therefore 2 first experiments on the transfer of 106ruthenium between Mytilus edulis and its environment were carried out to establish parameters. The results of these experiments confirmed that the model could predict the time-course of concentrations in the organisms, in the accumulation experiment as well as during the elimination phase in which comparison of the results with other work allowed some of the proposed hypotheses to be validated. Once the transfer model had been characterized, it was applied to results obtained in an independent test experiment. The accuracy of the model fitting to the data was not entirely satisfactory but the discrepancy between the estimates and observations was much smaller than that obtained using the standard 'concentration factor' method. The results obtained in the 2 experiments were compared and factors were considered that might be responsible for the differences observed between real and calculated concentrations. Previous work led to the conclusion that the main factor still to be represented in the model was seasonal change in the metabolism of the mussels and more precisely the mussels' weight fluctuations. Although the formulation of the model has yet to b e perfected, results obtained indicate that it could constitute a satisfactory tool for describing concentrations of radioactivity in an organism in situ.
... gramme similaire de gestion côtière dénommé Observatoire Mangrove dont le produit final a été... more ... gramme similaire de gestion côtière dénommé Observatoire Mangrove dont le produit final a été un Atlas géoréférencé de l'occupation spatiale côtière avec une cartographie détaillée (Rossi et al., 2000). ... soura (d'après Le Fur et Chavance, 1998). Acquisition des informations ...
Nowadays one discerns more and more the limited character of marine resources. Besides this, the ... more Nowadays one discerns more and more the limited character of marine resources. Besides this, the classical models in population dynamics and bio-economy did not show their operative character in managing these resources, most of them being actually in a chronic state of overexploitation. Co-viability is here proposed as a conceptual model of fisheries aiming to contribute to the definition of an applicable fisheries management. We first present the crisis context in which evolves marine resources exploitation and scientific research (disciplinary point of view). Recent history of the Peruvian anchovy fishery exemplifies the complex overlapping of the political, bio-ecological, micro and macro-economic systems. We then present different results of dynamic modelling on interfaces such as (i) environment - resource where inertia appears to be a main driving force, (ii) resource - exploitation in which technical and biological diversity interact. An example on the pelagic market illustr...
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2017
Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many function... more Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many functional levels, from DNA to ecosystems. We have developed an object/agent-oriented simulation model to represent these elements and phenomena in an integrated manner. Given the diversity of domains, items, processes and scales to be considered, we used an incremental approach to model development, with contrasting case studies successively represented and connected within the same model. Each study enriches the model and benefits from previous developments. The results emerging from this compilation are reflected into a shared class tree composed of three broad domains of variability: (i) concrete agents, (ii) specific genomes that instantiate the characteristics of each type of agent and (iii) agent containers that can be described on several scales. The classification that appears is characterized by the triviality of the categories obtained. It resembles natural partitioning, which lends it certain robustness, facilitating its extension. The essentially transitory nature of the construction is discussed, together with its dependence on the formalisms used. The current model, built on a combination of eight case studies, appears to be sufficiently robust to address new aspects and to serve as a basis for the further construction of an integrated view of the complex dynamics associated here with rodents.
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2017
Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many function... more Knowledge about rodents has been obtained at multiple observation scales and covers many functional levels, from DNA to ecosystems. We have developed an object/agent-oriented simulation model to represent these elements and phenomena in an integrated manner. Given the diversity of domains, items, processes and scales to be considered, we used an incremental approach to model development, with contrasting case studies successively represented and connected within the same model. Each study enriches the model and benefits from previous developments. The results emerging from this compilation are reflected into a shared class tree composed of three broad domains of variability: (i) concrete agents, (ii) specific genomes that instantiate the characteristics of each type of agent and (iii) agent containers that can be described on several scales. The classification that appears is characterized by the triviality of the categories obtained. It resembles natural partitioning, which lends it certain robustness, facilitating its extension. The essentially transitory nature of the construction is discussed, together with its dependence on the formalisms used. The current model, built on a combination of eight case studies, appears to be sufficiently robust to address new aspects and to serve as a basis for the further construction of an integrated view of the complex dynamics associated here with rodents.
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We have arrived at a general architecture built from the bottom up that is both generic and as parsimonious as possible. The model emerging from this compilation is a shared class tree with three primary categories of variability: (i) cognitive living agents, (ii) containers of agents that can be nested at various functional scales, and (iii) particular genomes that instantiate attributes for each type of agent. The results of the iterative strategy to modeling synthetic ecology are discussed, as well as the suitability of object-oriented paradigms (composi-tion, aggregation, inheritance, generalization...) for achieving the goal of bioinspired modeling
We have arrived at a general architecture built from the bottom up that is both generic and as parsimonious as possible. The model emerging from this compilation is a shared class tree with three primary categories of variability: (i) cognitive living agents, (ii) containers of agents that can be nested at various functional scales, and (iii) particular genomes that instantiate attributes for each type of agent. The results of the iterative strategy to modeling synthetic ecology are discussed, as well as the suitability of object-oriented paradigms (composi-tion, aggregation, inheritance, generalization...) for achieving the goal of bioinspired modeling