Simulating Aggression

Sunday. January 03, 2021

Simulating-Aggression

Simulating the evolution of aggression using Python.
Check the github repository here: Simulating Aggression

Simulation Idea

Simulation of N agents for a survival resource.

Iterate over X number of generations:

• Each agent goes to a random location.
• The food is shared according to the agent strategy.
• The agent survives, dies or reproduces depending on the food quantity consumed in each interation.

Agent rules

The Simulation includes two strategies:

• Dove strategy - Passive

• Hawk strategy - Aggressive

• Dove shares the food if against a Dove.
• Hawk steals both pieces of food if against a Dove.
• No agent gets any food if both the agents are Hawks

Simulation Rules

In each iteration of Simulation:

• Each location has two pieces of food.
• Consumption of a single piece of food leads to surival of the agent.
• Consumption of a two pieces of food leads to reproduction of the agent.
• No consumption of food leads to the death of the agent.

References

This simulation is based on Simulating the Evolution of Aggression by Primer