Simulation of Competitive Multi-Agent Search on NK Fitness Landscapes (2012)
Author: Erkin Bahceci
This package contains a simulation tool for competitive multi-agent search on NK fitness landscapes. Using strategies specified for each agent, the system simulates the competitive interactions (i.e. knowledge sharing and landscape changes) that result. Using the NKVis software, two types of visualizations of this process provided: a rectangular visualization that displays the whole space and a spherical visualization that shows a local neighborhood around a central origin point.

An example video depicts a waveriding behavior where the agents proceed by finding points in the boosted area.

Executables for Ubuntu 12.04 and OS X 10.7:
Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit)
Ubuntu 12.04 (32-bit)
OS X 10.7 (64-bit)

For instructions on how to run this visualization tool, see the README.txt file.

Erkin Bahceci Ph.D. Student erkin@cs.utexas.edu
Risto Miikkulainen Professor risto@cs.utexas.edu