Required Software
To open these agent models, you will need to click on the link that corresponds with the stage.
Each model links to a page with three options: Play, Design, and Edit.
To start the model, press the "Play" button. To stop the model,press the back button.
Model 1: Bees Moving Randomly in a Flower Garden
Model 1 Agent Cubes Story: While moving randomly in a flower garden, if a bee is next to a flower there is a 44% chance of pollinating that flower.
In this model, bees move randomly in the flower garden.
Bees are represented as yellow squares. The world is represented by the garden-like terrain. The unpollinated flowers are the red roses while the pollinated flowers are the flower bushes.
View model pageModel 2: Bees Moving Randomly and Flower Population
Model 2 Agent Cubes Story: While moving randomly in a flower garden,if a bee is next to a flower there is a 44% chance of pollinating that flower. If the bee is next to a pesticide, there is a 100% chance of the bee dying.
Bees will move randomly in this model while the pesticides have a 100% chance of killing bees.
Bees are represented as yellow squares. Unpollinated flowers are the red roses and pollinated flowers are the flower bushes. The little gray bugs are the pesticides.
View model pageModel 3: The Final Stage
Model 3 Agent Cubes Story 3:While moving randomly in a flower garden, if a bee is next to a flower, with a 44% chance, then the flower will become pollinated. If the bee is next to a pesticide that is moving randomly, then there is a 100% chance that the bees will die.
In this final stage we kept much of the previous model and just changed that the pestcide agent would move randomly in order to cause a decline of the bees.The pesticide agent is represented as a gray little bug.The bees are represented as yellow squares. Unpollinated flowers are the red roses and pollinated flowers are the flower bushes.
Bees will move randomly while pollinating flowers along with pesticides having the ability to move randomly.
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