CPP Ecosystem Project

Launching tests

In order to test the different features developed, you first need to compile the relevant files using the following command line :

make -f [theCorrectMakeFile].mk

Then, you just have to run the executable created by the makefile (that should have the same name ad the corresponding makefile).

Launching simulation

If you want to launch the full simulation, just run the following lines :

$ make
$ ./main

Then, your code will run.

Results analysis

At the end of the simulation, a .csv file will have been generated in the directory of your main. This .csv file contains the number of each behaviour, accessory and captors at each step of the simulation.

All behaviour's names are stored such as b_behaviourName. Same logic for captors and accessories that are respectively stored such as c_captorName and a_accessoryName.

You can plot a graph of the evolution of the different populations inside the environment of simulation using Excel, python or any tool that is able to read a .csv file.
A python script is available in the repository as an example of plot you could want to analyse. It will plot to figures by .csv files in the current directory as stackplots. The first plot is the evolution of the population of animals in the ecosystem detailed by behavior. The second plot is the evolution of the number of captors and accessories in the ecosystem. In order to run this python file, be sure to are in a python environment with pandas, matplolib, and numpy installed. Then run the following command :

python plotPopulationEvolution.py

If you want to have access to the total number of animal in the aquarium, you will just need to sum all subpopulations of the different behaviours (and behaviour only, not accessories and captors).

Miscellaneous

This repository contains a directory templates which contains some code templates to get a common base for the coding styles adopted while developing this project. It is highly recommended to have a look at these files before coding here.