Evaluating the models and behaviour of 3D intelligent virtual animals in a predator-prey relationship

Authors:
Deborah Richards;Michael J. Jacobson;John Porte;Charlotte Taylor;Meredith Taylor;Anne Newstead;Iwan Kelaiah;Nader Hanna
Affiliations:
Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia;The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia;Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia;The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia;Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia;The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia;Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia;Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper presents the intelligent virtual animals that inhabit Omosa, a virtual learning environment to help secondary school students learn how to conduct scientific inquiry and gain concepts from biology. Omosa supports multiple agents, including animals, plants, and human hunters, which live in groups of varying sizes and in a predator-prey relationship with other agent types (species). In this paper we present our generic agent architecture and the algorithms that drive all animals. We concentrate on two of our animals to present how different parameter values affect their movements and inter/intra-group interactions. Two evaluations studies are included: one to demonstrate the effect of different components of our architecture; another to provide domain expert validation of the animal behavior.