### Persephone - a socio-economic-ecological model of European agricultural landscapes. ### ### This file is responsible for managing the animal modules. ### ### FUNCTIONS AND TYPES INTEGRATING THE NATURE MODEL WITH THE REST OF PERSEPHONE ## An enum used to assign a sex to each animal @enum Sex hermaphrodite male female """ Animal This is the generic agent type for all animals. Species are differentiated by trait dictionaries passed by them during initialisation. """ @agent Animal GridAgent{2} begin #XXX is it (performance-)wise to use a dict for the traits? # Doesn't this rather obviate the point of having an agent struct? traits::Dict{String,Any} sex::Sex age::Int32 #XXX keep track of parents and/or offspring? end """ animalid(animal) A small utility function to return a string with the species name and ID of an animal. """ function animalid(a::Animal) return "$(a.traits["name"]) $(a.id)" end """ stepagent!(animal, model) Update an animal by one day, executing it's currently active phase function. """ function stepagent!(animal::Animal, model::AgentBasedModel) animal.age += 1 animal.traits[animal.traits["phase"]](animal,model) end """ initnature!(model) Initialise the model with all simulated animal populations. """ function initnature!(model::AgentBasedModel) # The config file determines which species are simulated in this run for speciesname in param("nature.targetspecies") species = @eval $(Symbol(speciesname))($model) species["initialise!"](species, model) end # Initialise the data output initecologicaldata() end ### MACROS IMPLEMENTING THE DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFINING SPECIES """ @species(name, body) A macro used to create new species definitions for the nature model. This is effectively a simple domain-specific language, establishing a custom syntax to describe species' biology: ```julia @species name begin initialise! = initpopulation() phase = "phase1" ... @phase phase1 begin ... end end ``` The definition body (enclosed in the begin/end block) has two sections. First comes a list of species-specific parameters, which are assigned just like normal variables. Second come one or more phase definitions, that describe the behaviour of the species during various parts of its life cycle (see the documentation to `@phase` for details). There are two parameters that all species must define: - `initialise!` should specify a function that will be used to create the starting population for this species. This function must take two arguments, a species dict and an `AgentBasedModel` object. The easiest way to create this function is by using `initpopulation()`. (To save typing, `@initialise!()` can be called instead. It defines this variable and calls `initpopulation()`, all in one go.) - `phase` should be a string specifying the name of the first phase that individuals of this species will be assigned to on birth. Access to the rest of the model is given by the `model` variable (an object of type `AgentBasedModel`). """ macro species(name, body) quote Core.@__doc__ function $(esc(name))(model::AgentBasedModel) $(esc(:name)) = string($(QuoteNode(name))) $(esc(body)) vardict = Base.@locals speciesdict = Dict{String,Any}() for k in keys(vardict) speciesdict[string(k)] = vardict[k] end return speciesdict end end end """ @initialise!(habitatdescriptor; kwargs...) This is a wrapper around `initpopulation()` that can be called within the body of a `@species` definition block. It saves the user having to define the required `initialise!` variable by hand. """ macro initialise!(habitatdescriptor, kwargs...) :($(esc(:initialise!)) = initpopulation($habitatdescriptor, $(kwargs...))) end """ @phase(name, body) This macro is designed to be used within a species definition block (i.e. within the body of a call to `@species`). The idea behind this is that species show very different behaviour during different phases of their lives. Therefore, `@phase` can be used define the behaviour for one such phase, and the conditions under which the animal transitions to another phase. `@phase` works by creating a function that will be called by the model if the animal is in the relevant phase. When it is called, it has access to the following variables: - `animal` a reference to the animal itself. This provides access to `animal.age`, `animal.sex`, and `animal.traits` (a dict that gives access to all species parameters). - `pos` gives the animal's current position as a coordinate tuple. - `model` a reference to the model world (an object of type `AgentBasedModel`). This allows access to `model.date` (the current simulation date) and `model.landscape` (a two-dimensional array of pixels containing geographic information). Several utility macros can be used within the body of `@phase` as a short-hand for common expressions: `@respond`, `@trait`, `@here`, `@kill`, `@reproduce`, `@neighbours`. To transition an individual to another phase, simply redefine its phase variable: `@trait(phase) = "newphase"`. """ macro phase(name, body) #XXX make this documentable? #FIXME Somehow, errors in the phase body are not shown? quote $(esc(name)) = function(animal::Animal, model::AgentBasedModel) $(esc(:pos)) = animal.pos $body end end end """ @respond(eventname, body) Define how an animal responds to a landscape event that affects its current position. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro respond(eventname, body) quote if $(esc(eventname)) in @here(events) $body end end end """ @trait(traitname) A utility macro to quickly access an animal's trait value. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro trait(traitname) if traitname in fieldnames(Animal) :(animal.$(traitname)) else :(animal.traits[string($(QuoteNode(traitname)))]) end end """ @here(property) A utility macro to quickly access a property of the animal's current position. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro here(property) :(model.landscape[animal.pos...].$(property)) end """ @kill Kill this animal. This is a thin wrapper around `kill!()`, and passes on any arguments. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro kill(args...) :(kill!(animal, model, $(args...))) end """ @reproduce Let this animal reproduce. This is a thin wrapper around `reproduce!()`, and passes on any arguments. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro reproduce(args...) :(reproduce!(animal, model, $(args...))) end """ @neighbours(radius) Return an iterator over all animals in the given radius around this animal, excluding itself. This can only be used nested within `@phase`. """ macro neighbours(radius) :(nearby_animals(animal, model, $radius)) end """ @habitat Specify habitat suitability for spatial ecological processes. This macro works by creating an anonymous function that takes in a model object and a position, and returns `true` or `false` depending on the conditions specified in the macro body. Several utility macros can be used within the body of `@habitat` as a short-hand for common expressions: `@landcover`, `@croptype`, `@cropheight`, `@distanceto`, `@distancetoedge`, `@countanimals`. The variables `model` and `pos` can be used for checks that don't have a macro available. Two example uses of `@habitat` might look like this: ```julia movementhabitat = @habitat(@landcover() in (grass agriculture soil)) nestinghabitat = @habitat((@landcover() == grass || (@landcover() == agriculture && @croptype() != maize && @cropheight() < 10)) && @distanceto(forest) > 20) ``` For more complex habitat suitability checks, the use of this macro can be circumvented by directly creating an equivalent function. """ macro habitat(body) quote function($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model))) if $(esc(body)) return true else return false end end end end """ @landcover Returns the local landcover. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro landcover() :(landcover($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)))) end """ @croptype Return the local croptype, or nothing if there is no crop here. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro croptype() :(croptype($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)))) end """ @cropheight Return the height of the crop at this position, or 0 if there is no crop here. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro cropheight() :(cropheight($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)))) end """ @distanceto(habitat) Calculate the distance to the closest habitat of the specified type or descriptor. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro distanceto(habitat) :(distanceto($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)), $habitat)) end """ @distancetoedge Calculate the distance to the closest neighbouring habitat. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro distancetoedge() :(distancetoedge($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)))) end """ @countanimals(speciesname, radius=0) Count the number of animals of the given species in this location. This is a utility wrapper that can only be used nested within `@phase` or `@habitat`. """ macro countanimals(speciesname, radius=0) :(countanimals($(esc(:pos)), $(esc(:model)), $speciesname, $radius)) end