appletbots.swarm
Class SwarmAgent

java.lang.Object
  appletbots.WorldObject
      appletbots.Agent
          appletbots.swarm.SwarmAgent

public class SwarmAgent
extends Agent

A swarm agent looks at its neighbors, chooses a certain number of them, and accelerates in the direction of their average velocity, with a part of its acceleration being randomized.

Author:

Erik Rasmussen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class appletbots.Agent

accelerationVectorColor, maxAcceleration, sight, velocityVectorColor, world

Fields inherited from class appletbots.WorldObject

color, mass, maxSpeed, size

Constructor Summary

SwarmAgent(int size, int sight, double maxSpeed, double maxAcceleration, int numNeighborsToFollow, boolean chooseNeighborsByProximity, double randomizationFactor)
Constructs a swarm agent with the given parameters

Method Summary

void	observeWorld() Observes the world, and follows the Swarm Agent Algorithm.

Methods inherited from class appletbots.Agent

getAcceleration, getMaxAcceleration, getRandomAcceleration, getShowAcceleration, getShowVelocity, getSight, getVectorsToDraw, setAcceleration, setShowAcceleration, setShowVelocity, setWorld

Methods inherited from class appletbots.WorldObject

collidedWith, getColor, getMass, getMaxSpeed, getSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SwarmAgent

public SwarmAgent(int size,
                  int sight,
                  double maxSpeed,
                  double maxAcceleration,
                  int numNeighborsToFollow,
                  boolean chooseNeighborsByProximity,
                  double randomizationFactor)

Constructs a swarm agent with the given parameters

Parameters:

size - The agent's radius

sight - The distance the agent can see

maxSpeed - The maximum speed the agent can travel

maxAcceleration - The maximum acceleration for this agent

numNeighborsToFollow - The number of neightbors to follow

chooseNeighborsByProximity - How to choose neighbors to follow

randomizationFactor - The percentage of acceleration to be random

Method Detail

observeWorld

public void observeWorld()

Observes the world, and follows the Swarm Agent Algorithm.

Specified by:

observeWorld in class Agent