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, input, optional | 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 number | TARGET_USER_SIZE | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 1 |
| West | floating point number | TARGET_USER_XMIN | - | Default: 0 |
| East | floating point number | TARGET_USER_XMAX | - | Default: 100 |
| South | floating point number | TARGET_USER_YMIN | - | Default: 0 |
| North | floating point number | TARGET_USER_YMAX | - | Default: 100 |
| Columns | integer number | TARGET_USER_COLS | Number of cells in East-West direction. | Minimum: 1
Default: 101 |
| Rows | integer number | TARGET_USER_ROWS | Number of cells in North-South direction. | Minimum: 1
Default: 101 |
| Rounding | boolean | TARGET_USER_FLAT | Round bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places. | Default: 1 |
| Fit | choice | TARGET_USER_FITS | - | Available Choices:
[0] nodes
[1] cells
Default: 0 |
| Refresh | boolean | REFRESH | - | Default: 1 |
| Initial Number of Fishes [%] | floating point number | INIT_FISH | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Maximum: 100.000000
Default: 30 |
| Initial Number of Sharks [%] | floating point number | INIT_SHARK | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Maximum: 100.000000
Default: 7.5 |
| Birth Rate of Fishes | integer number | FISH_BIRTH | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 3 |
| Birth Rate of Sharks | integer number | SHARK_BIRTH | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 12 |
| Max. Starvation Time for Sharks | integer number | SHARK_STARVE | - | Minimum: 0
Default: 4 |