Baby BehaviorSpace

This feature is experimental and should be used with caution.

Example usage of Baby BehaviorSpace:

// Log the results from BBS when they come in
window.addEventListener("message", function (e) {
  if (e.data.type === "baby-behaviorspace-results") {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(e.data.data));
  }
});

// Build a parameter set for Wolf-Sheep Predation
args = {
  experimentName: "BBS Wolf-Sheep example",
  parameterSet: {
    type: "cartesianProduct"
  , variables: [{
      name: "grass?"
    , parameterSpace: {
        type: "discreteValues"
      , values: [true, false]
      }
    }, {
      name: "grass-regrowth-time"
    , parameterSpace: {
        type: "range"
      , min: 0
      , max: 30
      , interval: 7
      }
    }]
  }
, repetitionsPerCombo: 3
, metrics: [{ reporter: "count wolves", interval: 5 }, { reporter: "count sheep + 1", interval: 10 }, { reporter: "one-of turtles", interval: 7 }]
, setupCode: "setup"
, goCode: "go"
, stopConditionCode: ""
, iterationLimit: 20
}

// Tell the `iframe`—this assumes that we're on netlogoweb.org/launch —to launch BBS with our config
document.getElementById('model-container').contentWindow.postMessage({ type: "run-baby-behaviorspace", config: args }, "*")

The config object should fit this type:

type Metric = {
  interval: Number
, reporter: String // NetLogo code that is () => Any
}
                                                                                        
type VariableConfig = {
  name:           String
  parameterSpace: { type: "discreteValues", values: Array[Any] }
                | { type: "range", min: Number, max: Number, interval: Number }
}
                                                                                        
type BehaviorSpaceConfig =
  {
    experimentName:      String
    parameterSet:        { type: "discreteCombos",   combos:    Array[Object[Any]]    }
                       | { type: "cartesianProduct", variables: Array[VariableConfig] }
    repetitionsPerCombo: Number
    metrics:             Object[Metric]
    setupCode:           String // NetLogo code that is () => Unit
    goCode:              String // NetLogo code that is () => Unit
    stopConditionCode:   String // NetLogo code that is () => Boolean
    iterationLimit:      Number
  }