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Monday, September 17, 2018

The Xholon Project

We're using Xholon to create our exploitation simulations and simulated environments. Here's what Ken has to say about Xholon: The Xholon project started as an implementation of the Real-time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM) software development methodology. It has gradually evolved into an exploration of the types of pathways that connect... More

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Figuring Out Exploitation

In order to investigate the conditions that lead to the emergence of different levels and types of exploitation, it's necessary to come up with a concrete, operationalized definition of exploitation - Otherwise it's going to be difficult to measure exploitation in the Islands Game. Consequently, work to operationalize exploitation is proceeding in... More

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Learning About E-Games

It's a little funny that Ken and I are design a multi-player game, since neither of us are big gamers in our spare time. However, we're both experienced at creating simulations, which seems to be giving us a leg up. Ken has made countless simulations using his Xholon framework. I've also made numerous multi-agent... More

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