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Weaver: A Multiagent, Spatial-Explicit and High-Performance Framework to Study Complex Ecological Networks

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This work presents a new agent based simulation tool specifically designed to study ecological networks. It includes many unique features like genetics, evolution, space-explicit simulation domain, flexible environmental modeling, etc. Written in C++, it yields a high performance experience and allows extremely large and complex simulations to be run, with up to hundreds of thousands of individuals moving and interacting in different ways to feed, reproduce or attack each other. It can be used to study ecosystems at different scales, from microscopic to superior animals whether alive or extinct.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry Grants CGL2010-18602 to J.M.-L and by Grant TIN2012-37483 and Junta de AndalucÁa Grant P11-TIC-7176 to L.G.C and RNM-1521 to J.M.-L. and Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3). All grants have been funded in part by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). J.R.B.-C. is a recipient of a Ramón y Cajal fellowship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). D.R.L. is a recipient of a predoctoral fellowship awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (FPU13/04933).

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Almería (Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, CEiA3), Carretera de Sacramento S/N, Almería, Spain

    José Román Bilbao-Castro, Gabriel Barrionuevo & Leocadio G. Casado

  2. Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, EEZA-CSIC, Carretera de Sacramento S/N, Almería, Spain

    Dolores Ruiz-Lupión & Jordi Moya-Laraño

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Bilbao-Castro, J.R., Barrionuevo, G., Ruiz-Lupión, D., Casado, L.G., Moya-Laraño, J. (2015). Weaver: A Multiagent, Spatial-Explicit and High-Performance Framework to Study Complex Ecological Networks. In: Bajo, J., et al. Highlights of Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability - The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 524. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19033-4_12

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