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Selforganizology, 2027, 14(1-2): 1-24
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mouseColSimu: A web-based simulation model for mouse colony evolution

WenJun Zhang
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Received 16 December 2025;Accepted 6 January 2026;Published online 15 January 2026;Published 1 June 2027
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Abstract
In present study a web-based simulation model for mouse colony evolution was developed. It aims to build an interactive, agent-based simulation that explores how population density, resource access, and social behaviors shape group dynamics, inspired by Calhoun's Universe experiments, provide a modular platform to test hypotheses about dominance, cooperation, stress-induced behaviors, and reproduction under crowding, using tunable parameters and stochastic rules, and enable educational visualization: demonstrate how simple, local interaction rules can yield complex, emergent colony-level patterns (growth, collapse, clustering, aggression). Full JS+HTML codes, algorithmic description and user guide were provided.

Keywords mouse colony;Calhoun's Universe;evolution;web tool.


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