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MAX
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
MIN
Ag
1
MAX
MIN
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MAX
MIN
Ag
2
Fig. 4.5
Schema illustrating the operations of meeting between the agents of type
A
g
1
and
A
g
2
.
The agents of type
A
g
0
are not marked in the figure
The observation of agents in the neighbouring nodes
. The agent may observe
the number of agents of a particular type which are waiting in the neighbouring
nodes (for the node in which the agent exists) for further displacement in the
environment (Figs.
4.2
and
4.4
). If in the neighbouring nodes in the particular
direction (e.g., for the node
W
n
,
m
in the neighbouring nodes
W
n
−
1
,
m
,
W
n
−
1
,
m
+
1
,
W
n
,
m
+
1
) there is a relatively large number of agents of type
A
g
1
it may be assumed
that there is an underflow of the resource in the nodes placed in that direction, and
it is pointless to search for the resource there. On the basis of the information, the
agents of types
A
g
1
or
A
g
2
may make decisions in which direction they should
continue their search.
The observation of agents' parameters in a given node
. The agent at the
moment of its creation is equipped with a certain amount of
life energy
.During
every transition between the nodes it loses a certain portion of this life energy. As
a result, the amount of energy the agent possesses at a given moment is connected
with the distance it has covered (the number of displacements between the nodes).
In particular, a relatively small amount of energy the agent has indicates the long
way it travelled in the environment. A given agent may not only observe the
number of agents of a particular type in a given node but also certain features of
these agents, and in particular the amount of life energy they possess. Therefore,
if a given agent observes in a given node a large amount of agents of type
A
g
1
