MODELING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF SIMULATION LAYERS

摘要

A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.

主权项

1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable modules comprising:
a. a layer creation module, for creating at least a first layer and a second layer, the layers each including a plurality of cells, each cell having at least one data value; b. a pipe creation module, for creating a pipe that operates on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data that is then distributed in the second layer.