Sugarscape

Sugarscape is a computer simulation model that explores how individuals or agents interact within a shared environment, often to study social, economic, or ecological systems. In the model, agents move across a landscape divided into patches with varying amounts of "sugar," which represents resources or wealth. Agents gather sugar to survive and reproduce, influencing their behavior and the overall system dynamics. Sugarscape helps researchers analyze patterns like resource distribution, cooperation, competition, and inequality over time, providing insights into complex societal and economic phenomena through simplified, rule-based virtual worlds.