/// <summary>
/// Creates a mutated copy of a species
/// </summary>
public Species CreateMutatedSpecies(Species species)
{
switch (species)
{
case MicrobeSpecies s:
return(mutator.CreateMutatedSpecies(s, NewMicrobeSpecies()));
default:
throw new ArgumentException("unhandled species type for CreateMutatedSpecies");
}
}
private MicrobeSpecies TryBiodiversitySplit(Species splitFrom, bool inCurrentPatch)
{
var config = new SimulationConfiguration(configuration, map, Constants.AUTO_EVO_VARIANT_SIMULATION_STEPS);
var split = (MicrobeSpecies)splitFrom.Clone();
if (configuration.BiodiversitySplitIsMutated)
{
mutations.CreateMutatedSpecies((MicrobeSpecies)splitFrom, split);
}
// Set the starting population in the patch
split.Population = configuration.NewBiodiversityIncreasingSpeciesPopulation;
config.ExtraSpecies.Add(split);
config.PatchesToRun.Add(patch);
if (inCurrentPatch)
{
// TODO: should we apply the population reduction to splitFrom?
}
PopulationSimulation.Simulate(config);
var population = config.Results.GetPopulationInPatch(split, patch);
if (population < configuration.NewBiodiversityIncreasingSpeciesPopulation)
{
return(null);
}
// TODO: could compare the original species population here to determine if this change is beneficial to
// it as well (in which case a non-force species split could be done)
// Successfully found a species to create in order to increase biodiversity
return(split);
}