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Table 1 Parameters and their values used in the simulation experiments

From: To sleep or not to sleep: the ecology of sleep in artificial organisms

Parameter Name

Min

Max

Step

Constant

Distance between sleep and food (interDistance)

0.0

0.7

0.01

0.0, 0.35, 0.7

Food depletion rate

10

240

1

60

Number of food patches

10

120

1

40

Number of sleep patches

10

120

1

40

Number of sleep and food patches

10

120

1

40

  1. "Min" and "Max" represent the extreme ranges of values in focused tests, holding other traits constant. "Step" refers to the amount that values were incremented, while "Constant" gives the values used when one of the other parameters was varied.