iso::flock::CohesionBehavior Class Reference

cause Agent to move towards center position of their neigbhors More...

#include <iso_flock_cohesion_behavior.h>

Inherits iso::flock::Behavior.

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Public Member Functions
	CohesionBehavior (const base::String &pInputParameterString, const base::String &pOutputParameterString)
	create behavior
	CohesionBehavior (Agent *pAgent, const base::String &pBehaviorName, const base::String &pInputParameterString, const base::String &pOutputParameterString) throw (FlockException)
	create behavior
	~CohesionBehavior ()
	destructor
virtual Behavior *	create (const base::String &pBehaviorName, Agent *pAgent) const throw (FlockException)
	create copy of behavior
virtual Behavior *	create (const base::String &pInputParameterString, const base::String &pOutputParameterString) const
	create copy of behavior
void	act ()
	perform behavior
Protected Attributes
Parameter *	mPositionPar
Parameter *	mForcePar
	position parameter (input)
Parameter *	mMinDistPar
	force parameter (output)
Parameter *	mMaxDistPar
	minimum distance parameter (internal)
Parameter *	mAmountPar
	maximum distance parameter (internal)
space::NeighborGroup *	mPositionNeighbors
	behaviour amount parameter (internal)
math::Vector< real >	mAvgDirection
	position neighbor group
math::Vector< real >	mTmpForce
	avg of neighboring value directions

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Detailed Description

cause Agent to move towards center position of their neigbhors

to move towards center position of their neigbhors

The Behavior causes Agent to move towards center position of their neigbhors
Input Parameter:
type: position dim: nD neighbors: required

Output Parameter:
type: force dim: nD write: add

Internal Parameter:
name: xxx_minDist dim: 1D defaultValue: 0.0
name: xxx_maxDist dim: 1D defaultValue: 0.5
name: xxx_amount dim: 1D defaultValue: 0.1
name: xxx_active dim: 1D defaultValue: 1.0

Created by Daniel Bisig on 4/21/07.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CohesionBehavior::CohesionBehavior	(	const base::String &	pInputParameterString,
		const base::String &	pOutputParameterString
	)

create behavior

Parameters:

	pInputParameterString	input parameter string (parameters are space separated)
	pOutputParameterString	output paramaters are space separated)

CohesionBehavior::CohesionBehavior	(	Agent *	pAgent,
		const base::String &	pBehaviorName,
		const base::String &	pInputParameterString,
		const base::String &	pOutputParameterString
	)			throw (FlockException)

create behavior

Parameters:

	pAgent	agent this behavior belongs to
	pBehaviorName	name of behavior
	pInputParameterString	input parameter string (parameters are space separated)
	pOutputParameterString	output paramaters are space separated)

Exceptions:

FlockException

wrong number of type of parameters

CohesionBehavior::~CohesionBehavior

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destructor

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Member Function Documentation

Behavior * CohesionBehavior::create	(	const base::String &	pBehaviorName,
		Agent *	pAgent
	)			const throw (FlockException) [virtual]

create copy of behavior

Parameters:

	pAgent	agent this behavior belongs to
	pBehaviorName	name of behavior

Returns:

new behavior

Exceptions:

FlockException

wrong number of type of parameters

Implements iso::flock::Behavior.

Behavior * CohesionBehavior::create	(	const base::String &	pInputParameterString,
		const base::String &	pOutputParameterString
	)			const [virtual]

create copy of behavior

Parameters:

	pInputParameterString	input parameter string
	pOutputParameterString	output parameter string

Returns:

new behavior

Implements iso::flock::Behavior.

void CohesionBehavior::act

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[virtual]

perform behavior

Implements iso::flock::Behavior.

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Member Data Documentation

Parameter* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mPositionPar [protected]

Parameter* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mForcePar [protected]

position parameter (input)

Parameter* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mMinDistPar [protected]

force parameter (output)

Parameter* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mMaxDistPar [protected]

minimum distance parameter (internal)

Parameter* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mAmountPar [protected]

maximum distance parameter (internal)

space::NeighborGroup* iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mPositionNeighbors [protected]

behaviour amount parameter (internal)

math::Vector<real> iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mAvgDirection [protected]

position neighbor group

math::Vector<real> iso::flock::CohesionBehavior::mTmpForce [protected]

avg of neighboring value directions

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /Users/dbisig/programming/swarms/trunk/flock/trunk/code/behavior/iso_flock_cohesion_behavior.h
• /Users/dbisig/programming/swarms/trunk/flock/trunk/code/behavior/iso_flock_cohesion_behavior.cpp

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