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FAQ modified by manny kung

manny kung — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 23:44:26 -0000

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 **What is the purpose of the Mars Simulation Project?**

-The Mars Simulation Project is a software simulation of future human settlement of the planet Mars.  It is intended to try to simulate the day-to-day life of future astronauts living and working on Mars.  It is not intended to be a game, but we do plan on adding more game-like user interactivity to the simulation as we further develop it.
+The Mars Simulation Project is a software simulation of future human settlement of the planet Mars.  
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+It simulates the day-to-day lives of the settlers living and working on Mars and is not designed to be a computer game, but there are proposals to add more elements of user interactivity to make it more game-like in near future.
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 **How do the simulated people make decisions on what to do?**

-The people in the simulation use a probability-based A.I. algorithm to choose their actions based on their current internal state, situation and the wants and needs of their settlement collective.  The algoritm determines what possible activites they can perform and the relative probabilities of each one.  It then randomly chooses an activity from the list of possible ones with the more probable activities more likely to be chosen.
+The everyday decisions of a settler is the result of a heuristic, probability-based Agent Modeling and Simulation System algorithm being developed in-house over the years.

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+A probability score is computed in each possible tasks/missions a person may perform.
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+This score is affected by a person's internal state, the environmental factors, and the needs of the settlement collective.
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+This score reflects the relative likelihood that this person will perform this task/mission.
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+The task/mission with the highest score will be chosen for that individual to engage.

FAQ modified by Scott Davis

Scott Davis — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:15:52 -0000

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+**What is the purpose of the Mars Simulation Project?**
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+The Mars Simulation Project is a software simulation of future human settlement of the planet Mars.  It is intended to try to simulate the day-to-day life of future astronauts living and working on Mars.  It is not intended to be a game, but we do plan on adding more game-like user interactivity to the simulation as we further develop it.
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+**How do the simulated people make decisions on what to do?**
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+The people in the simulation use a probability-based A.I. algorithm to choose their actions based on their current internal state, situation and the wants and needs of their settlement collective.  The algoritm determines what possible activites they can perform and the relative probabilities of each one.  It then randomly chooses an activity from the list of possible ones with the more probable activities more likely to be chosen.
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FAQ modified by Scott Davis

Scott Davis — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:18:27 -0000

Frequently Asked Questions

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