EcoSim, an individual-based evolving predator-prey ecosystem simulation
To start a new EcoSim run, do the following:
- copy the source files into a directory
- set the parameter "Restore" in Parameters1.txt to "0"
- make the working directory the one with the EcoSim source files in it
- type "make" and hit enter, which builds EcoSim using the file "makefile"
- ./EcoSim will then run EcoSim, starting a new run because Restore was set to 0
To continue an EcoSim run, do the following:
- -ensure that there is a MaxSave file in the current working directory (MaxSave files are EcoSim restore points)
- -set the parameter "Restore" in Parameters1.txt to "1"
- -if EcoSim is built, ./EcoSim with then run EcoSim, continuing the run at the restore point held in the MaxSave
- -otherwise, type "make" and hit enter, which builds EcoSim using the file "makefile" and subsequently run EcoSim with ./EcoSim
Refer to "EcoSim ODD.docx" for a full explanation of EcoSim according to the "Overview, Design concepts, and Details" protocol of Grimm et al. (2006) which was updated in 2010.