EVOSIM is a program to simulate Mutation and Selection
of bugs. The idea was published in Scientific America some time
ago. A bug is a very simple object, and each one has six genes.
Each gene represents the probability of which direction the bug
will orientate relative to its old direction. The genes are called:
Forward, Right, Sharp Right, Back, Sharp Left, Left. After the orientation
the bug will go one step in that direction. So for example a bug
that has 100% Forward gene will always go in its initial direction.
A bug with 100% Back gene will always turn 180 degrees and go one
step forward, so it will never move out of an area of two positions.
The bug can only survive if it eats food. For each time step the
bug needs one food. If it has no food, the bug will die. Under special
circumstances the bug has the possibility to reproduce itself with
a little difference: one gene will change! So you can see how the
gene will change as time goes by. You can also change a lot of parameters,
and even the values of each bug. It produces serveral output files,
so that it is possible to have access to most of the statistical
and bug data. The program comes with a detailled description of
all parameters!
EVOSIM is a Turbo Pascal 6 DOS program (Cleaned Runtimeerror 200).
EVOSIM is free of charge for personal use!
To download EVOSIM click here: EVOSIM.ZIP
Installation:
1. Unzip the files (the EXE file and the documentation file Word97)
to any folder (for example with WINZIP)
2. Double click on EVOSIM.EXE
If you know about similar programs, please send me information
about it, THANK YOU.
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