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\title{Evolution Simulator}\author{Eric Turner\\
Period 3\\
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\begin{abstract}
  My area of interest is in artificial life, specifically artificial
  evolution.
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\section{Purpose and Scope} The purpose of this project is to create an AGENT-based
model that simulates the evolution of different organisms within an
envrionment. These organisms will be a basic simulation of real-world
organisms, with the need for food, the ability to breed and die, and so on.
Their function and lifespan will be based on dozons of genetic
characteristics, such as metabolism, eyesight, etc., and these characteristics
will be passed on to offspring. There will be a genetic variability that will
allow the organism species to evolve, or devolve. The hope is a demonstration
of natural selection, and after several generations the collective gene will
be more advanced than the original. To give an incentive to evolve, there will
be dangers in the environment, and predator-organisms and herbivore-organisms,
both of which will evolve.

\section{Background} Several models that have resemblence to this idea have been looked into, as well as multiple books on artificial societies and modeling scenarios.

\section{Procedure and Methodology}Since I already have a basic program with the final user-interface, the rest of the time will be spent expanding genetic characteristics and artificial intelligence of the organisms, in order to better simulate real-world situations.  Once there is an acceptible organism character, then traits and environments will be altered to experiment with an equiliberium scenario, where the predator/pray relationship will have a negative feed-back loop.

\section{Testing and Analysis}For debugging, I plan to either create testing programs for sub-parts of the simulator, or include debugging output in the simulator itself.  For developing an equilibrium, I plan to create graphs of species population, as well as average genetic characteristics, in order to alter methodology to stabalize progress.

\section{Expected Results}I expect to see an stable balance between plant-life, Herbivores, and Predators.  I also expect the genetic variables of both the herbivores and predators to advance in order to compete with other.

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