Wa-Tor - an ecological simulation of predator-prey populations - is based upon A. K. Dewdney's 'Computer Recreations' article in the December 1984 issue of Scientific American.
| | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|
| Output | Grid (*) | Data Object (optional output) | GRID | - | - |
| Wa-Tor (*) | Grid (optional output) | RESULT | - | - |
| Cycles | Table (output) | TABLE | - | - |
| Options | Width (Cells) | Integer | NX | - | Minimum: 1
Default: 100 |
| Height (Cells) | Integer | NY | - | Minimum: 1
Default: 100 |
| Refresh | Boolean | REFRESH | - | Default: 1 |
| Initial Number of Fishes [%] | Floating point | INIT_FISH | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Maximum: 100.000000
Default: 30.000000 |
| Initial Number of Sharks [%] | Floating point | INIT_SHARK | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Maximum: 100.000000
Default: 7.500000 |
| Birth Rate of Fishes | Integer | FISH_BIRTH | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 3 |
| Birth Rate of Sharks | Integer | SHARK_BIRTH | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 12 |
| Max. Starvation Time for Sharks | Integer | SHARK_STARVE | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 4 |
| (*) optional |