by Eugene Ch'ng
Applied AI.
Vegetations, similar to other organisms, persist on terrains based on niches of their abiotic and biotic environments.... more
Vegetations, similar to other organisms, persist on terrains based on niches of their abiotic and biotic environments. Agent-based models of vegetation have demonstrated that, via the process of macro self-organisation, are capable of forming forests and undergrowth by means of their behaviour and the resources available in the ecosystem. In order to more accurately synthesise their collective behaviour, a set of rules encompassing basic vegetation behaviour were defined to enable realistic patterns to be formed locally via interaction and extra-locally via emergence in accord with their preferences in various controlled environments. Furthermore, the use of botanical parameters fine-tuned and regulated via simple rules could, in the near future, become a potential model for determining large-scale spatial and temporal distribution of dominant vegetation species, enhancing traditional methods and visualisation in studies related to forest dynamics and research in landscape reconstruction.
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