Food Chain Model
agents in, 154158
competition in, 159
energy and metabolism in, 158, 179182
environment, 153154
perception algorithm and, 171176
reproduction in, 158159, 184185
sample iteration, 159163
simulating, 152
Winner-Takes-All neural nets , 156158
Fuzzy logic
advantages to, 254
agent intelligence and, 283
applications for, 243245, 254
axioms, 241242
battery charge control example, 243245
The Battery Charge Control Function, 251252
CD-ROM content, 351
control functions, 251252
degree of membership (degree of truth), 237
described, 235
early research, 6
fuzzy controls, 238241, 243245
Fuzzy Logic Operators (code listing), 246257
hedge functions, 242
Helper Functions for Creating Membership Functions (code listing), 247248
The Main Loop (code listing), 252253
membership functions, 237, 244245, 247251
operators in, 241242
quality of service example, 235237
Temperature Membership Functions (code listing), 250251
Voltage Membership Functions (code listing), 249250