Today was another day of experimenting with the modeling program to prepare for our independent work. This morning, we met with Dr. Aziz and Leah again to overview what we did last time. Afterwards, we played with the existing model that Dr. Aziz had been using to model competition for nutrients between the white rot fungus and any bacteria that may come through the same location.
The model uses agents that follow programmed codes in a simulated environment, with various sliders and buttons that the user can employ to change various aspects of the simulation, such as the number of nutrients or agents involved. To begin our coding, we were given a list of suggestions we could try implementing to make the model more realistic, such as including the temperature or PH of the water.
Below is an image of the model.
