Simulate simple artificial-life population dynamics — simulate_population_dynamics • artificialLifeR

Simulates a population with energy gain, mortality, reproduction, inheritance, mutation, and density constraints.

Usage

simulate_population_dynamics(
  initial_population = 40,
  steps = 80,
  carrying_capacity = 120,
  resource_level = 1,
  death_threshold = 0,
  reproduction_threshold = 1.5,
  mutation_rate = 0.1,
  mutation_sd = 0.03,
  seed = NULL
)

Arguments

initial_population: Initial number of agents.
steps: Number of time steps.
carrying_capacity: Soft population capacity.
resource_level: Baseline resource input per step.
death_threshold: Agents at or below this energy die.
reproduction_threshold: Energy threshold for reproduction.
mutation_rate: Probability of mutation in offspring traits.
mutation_sd: Standard deviation of mutation noise.
seed: Optional random seed.

Value

A list with agents history and summary data frames.