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 |
|---|
| Input | Target System (*) | Grid (optional input) | TARGET_TEMPLATE | use this grid's system for output grids | - |
| Output | Wa-Tor | Grid (output) | GRID | - | - |
| Cycles | Table (output) | TABLE | - | - |
| Options | Target Grid System | Choice | TARGET_DEFINITION | - | Available Choices:
[0] user defined
[1] grid or grid system
Default: 0 |
| Cellsize | Floating point | TARGET_USER_SIZE | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000 |
| Left | Floating point | TARGET_USER_XMIN | - | Default: 0.000000 |
| Right | Floating point | TARGET_USER_XMAX | - | Default: 100.000000 |
| Bottom | Floating point | TARGET_USER_YMIN | - | Default: 0.000000 |
| Top | Floating point | TARGET_USER_YMAX | - | Default: 100.000000 |
| Fit | Choice | TARGET_USER_FITS | - | Available Choices:
[0] nodes
[1] cells
Default: 0 |
| Grid System | Grid system | TARGET_SYSTEM | - | - |
| 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 |