Population simulator

Basic simulator of population growth from X individuals. (e.g. Planet or island colonisation with only a few people)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Visual Studio (2017+) or Visual Studio Code is requied.

Installing

1. Clone repository
2. Open the solution /Simulator/Simulator.sln
3. Restore NuGet packages
4. Build the solution
5. Run the project

Basics

Entity

To-Do

Gender(s)

To-Do

Age(s)

To-Do

Cycles

The simulation is running in cycles. Each cycle has 4 phases which must be called in this order:

1. Make child
2. Set partner
3. Get old
4. Cycle++

Description Firstly, every female that meets the condition has a chance to have babies (0-5). After children 'creation', single teen entities have a chance to find a partner (0-1). In the next step, every entity gets old by the rules. When all phases are completed, the cycle number is increased.

1. phase - Make child

Every entity which meets the conditions, can "create" new entity.

Required conditions

Parents

• Are alive
• Are different gender (Male + Female)
• Are same generation (Configurable)
• Are NOT related (Configurable)

Mother

• Is female
• Has partner
• Partner is alive
• Partner is male
• Is adult

Father

• Is male
• Has partner
• Partner is alive
• Partner is female
• Is Adult or is OldAge

Rules

To-Do

2. phase - Set partner

A random number between 0 and 1 is generated. (= Minimal attractiveness)

Rules

• Is alive
• Is single (Does NOT have partner)
• Is teen (Adolescence age)
• Is same generation as future partner
• Is same age as partner
• Is different gender of partner
• Has greater or same atractiveness than minimal attractiveness

3. phase - Get old

In Get old phase each entity is changed by basic rules.

Rules

• Childhood → Adolescence
• Adolescence → Adulthood
• Adulthood → Old age (Exception)
• Old age → Death

Exception

A number between 0 and 0.9 is generated. (= Minimal longevity) If the entity already skipped 'getting older', it gets old now. If the entity's longevity is greater or same as minimal longevity, it skips 'getting older'.

4. phase - Cycle++

If everything was alright, the current cycle number is increased.

Built With

• Visual Studio 2017 - IDE
• NuGet - Package manager
• C# - Programming language

Authors

• Jiri Falta - Main programmer - Fjarik

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.