1/25/18 - 2/15/18 Hours worked: 125

Handled components related to, broadly speaking, visualization

Responsible for writing and processing XML files

Implemented simulation-specific rules for cell and grid structure, state changes, and interactions

• Open Closed Principle
• Why Java Interfaces Are So Very Cool
• Replace Conditional with Polymorphism
• Commonality Analysis
• StackOverflow
• Diane Hu
• George Bernard
• Ashka Stephen

• File used to start: Main
• Known bugs:
  • Running the program on Mac OS (High Sierra) will generate a warning that the class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in 2 different places. This is tied to JavaFX's FileChooser class and is unavoidable when using a FileChooser. The message itself has no effect on functionality
• Errors program should handle
  • XML Errors
    • Invalid cell states
    • Invalid global variables (either type or value)
    • Required global variable(s) not specified
• XML resource files required by project are stored in data/simulations.
• Best example data files
  • gameoflife2.xml
  • fire3_triangle.xml
  • predatorprey3.xml
  • segregation2.xml

• Rock-Paper-Scissors
  • When a cell overtakes an empty or dead neighbor, it is assumed that a new cell is created with one less health point than the parent cell.
• Foraging Ants
  • To accomodate non-rectangular cell shapes, the orientation element of this simulation was disregarded. Instead, an ant's next location was selected by prioritizing pheromone levels.

• Random Distributions
  • All XML files will be for specific states only. There will be a "make custom grid" option that allows for random distributions.