Action and Behaviors

Action is a command that changes the agent's attribute/state. A behavior is a collection of actions that a agent can perform in certain situations.

Actions are described in the behavior.csv files, usually in config/[situation]/behavior/behavior.csv

Action itself consist of 5 different types:

• Wait
• Move
• Modify Attribute
• Create Attribute
• Delete Attribute

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Wait

Wait is an action where the agent wait at their current position.

Example of this action can be written as:

• "wait:30" = wait 30 seconds
• "wait:30(minutes)" = wait 30 minutes
• "wait:3(h)" = wait 3 hours
• "wait:30(m)-1(hour)" = wait around 30 to 60 minutes
• "wait:$eat_duration(minutes)" = wait based on the agent's "eat_duration" attribute in minutes format

supported type:

• seconds = ["s","sec","secs","second","seconds"]
• minutes = ["m","min","mins","minute","minutes"]
• hours = ["h","hou","hour","hours"]
• days = ["d","day","days"]
• weeks = ["w","week","weeks"]

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Move

Move is an action that changes the agent position progressively.

Example of this action can be written as:

• "move:hospital" = the agent will move to a randomly selected hospital
• "move:1234(id)" = the agent will move to a place with id = 1234
• "move:restaurant(type)" = the agent will a randomly selected restaurant
• "move:$workplace(id)" = the agent will move to a place with id defined in their "workplace" attribute
• "move:$favorite_restaurant_type(type)" = the agent will move to a place with type defined in their "favorite_restaurant_type" attribute

supported type:

• id = ["id","destination_id"]
• type = ["type","destination_type"]