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SOFT1901 Project

Software Development in Semester 1, 2004, involved producing a simulation of some description, together with a poster, all with the trials and tribulations of groupwork. At the end of the semester, the best projects from each tutorial group were invited to participate in a competition... and the result for the Antarctic Ocean Lifeforms Simulation team a.k.a. "Orca" (we couldn't think of anything better...) was (drumroll):

BEST SIMULATION WITH GUI (1st)
BEST POSTER (2nd)

Description

Marine ecosystems are multifaceted systems with complex interactions between the wide variety of organisms that reside within it. This simulation attempts to model a small slice of Antarctic ocean, bringing together whales, penguins, fish and seaweed in a realistic 3D model that includes currents and emergent behaviour. The species interact in a food chain, with some species able to reproduce to replenish their stocks. The simulation allows for much user interaction, and it allows the user to view graphs showing trends over time, as well as "play God" by altering the make-up of the ecosystem.

Download

See what the fuss is all about! Visit the Antarctic Ocean Lifeforms Simulation website now, or download the source code for Antarctic Ocean Lifeforms Simulation (requires JVM version at least 1.4.2, and JOGL).

Credits

  • Matthew Chen
  • Enoch Lau
  • Mitchell Quille
  • Lei Yang

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