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L. Cienciala, L. Ciencialová, M. Perdek
programs. However, in one simulation step this is not acceptable. Our simulation
tool uses the Swing library for creating graphical user interfaces. It is possible
to use change the graphics of the environment, the agents and the obstacles and
customize the simulation environment and visualization according to user needs.
Users now have an interesting tool for the implementation of the simulation of
P colonies with the ability to edit the simulation directly from the simulation
environment or from any text editor.
6 Conclusion
In this paper we introduce a new kind of P colonies that would be suitable for
simulating real-world situations. We created a 2D environment where agents are
located. The agents have limited information about the contents of their environment,
which better reflects the reality. In order to solve the simulation problems
in the example of stigmergy and ants we proposed the introduction of priority
of programs. The activities of agents become more natural, because in real-life
situations ants prefer to perform certain activities over others. To present and
inspect the computation of 2D P colonies we have created a simulation environment.
We plan to extend the simulator to use statistical tools and dynamic
environment in the future.
Remark 1. This work was supported by the European Regional Development
Fund in the IT4Innovations Centre of Excellence project (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0070).
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