Curated Examples

PHIDS includes a suite of validated, curated examples demonstrating critical engine phenomena. These examples act simultaneously as behavioral proofs, testing targets, and foundational templates for custom scenario authoring.

Dry Shrubland Cycles (examples/dry_shrubland_cycles.json)

Demonstrates cyclic boom-and-bust herbivore-plant dynamics within a resource-scarce biotope.

Meadow Defense (examples/meadow_defense.json)

Highlights local-tissue toxin deployment. Demonstrates severe localized attrition when swarms engage chemically-defended flora.

Mixed Forest Understory (examples/mixed_forest_understory.json)

Exhibits multi-species competition and varied spatial dispersal patterns dictated by specialized biological properties and asymmetric trophic chains.

Root Network Alarm Chain (examples/root_network_alarm_chain.json)

Focuses on the mycorrhizal_relay. Displays how non-attacked flora adjacent to an active herbivory site synthesize defensive responses via connected root networks bypassing typical airborne diffusion delays.

Wind Tunnel Orchard (examples/wind_tunnel_orchard.json)

Leverages dynamic meteorological configurations to demonstrate anisotropic signal diffusion and directional, anisotropic seed dispersion via continuous wind vectors.