Also we have rik blok's proposed strategy available. 0111110111100101
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It also breeds true, and starts with 10 if you set startBlok:true,
The count of blok's critters also appears at the bottom of the show info window.

e-mail:bill harms

Available true breeding strategies.

• So this is the first run at the Holland Genetic Algorithm/Prisoner's dilemma with 3-move  memory. It runs 100 agents (this is adjustable).

• The table to the right specifies the behavior of the available true-breeding strategies. 0 stands for cooperate, 1 for defect. The six digits in the history sequence give the rememberd moves for
        self t-3/other t-3/self t-2/other t-2/self t-1/other t-1.
  There are 64 such histories. Strategies specify responses to each of them. Memory starts off randomized, and is carried over from the last encounter.

• The "show info" button creates a window with a list of the levels of the various strategy-components for the 100 players. That is, it gives the number of agents who will defect for each of the 64 history possibilities.

• If you set "startTFT:true," then  10 of the initial players will be feud-proof tit-for-tatters.

• Interactions last 20 rounds, death and reproduction happen every 50 cycles. Half the agents are killed and the other half reproduced with mutation and recombination. Currently, the GA just runs a 2% mutation rate on each locus when offspring are created. Recombination is set to 1%. Only offspring are mutated and recombined.

  • Both mutation and recombination rates are adjustable via the "Input settings" field at the top. Codes must be input exactly as they appear in the output window at the bottom. Just input the new value (in the correct format), press "Reset Simulator" and you should see the new settings in the output window.

• Feeding and growth are turned off. Movement has a high 50% proabability every cycle.