BYTE Simulation Dataset from the B3GET Model (2021)

This dataset contains output from the BYTE (B3GET Yielded Thesis Experiment) simulations, generated using the B3GET (Behavior, Ecology, Genetics, Evolution, and Tradeoffs) agent-based model, version 1.2.0. B3GET is implemented in NetLogo, a multi-agent programmable modeling environment widely used for simulating complex systems. B3GET simulates ANIMAL agents living in two-dimensional PLANT landscapes, enabling studies of behavioral ecology and evolution in spatially explicit, energetically constrained environments. BYTE consists of 4,608 simulations across four virtual primate species (chimpanzees, geladas, hamadryas baboons, and olive baboons) under diverse environmental and model conditions. Each simulation produced multi-level outputs capturing gene-level, individual-level, group-level, population-level, and ecosystem-level dynamics. Recorded data includes state variable values at global (e.g., plant-seasonality) and individual (e.g., body.size) levels, as well as numerous measurements of emergent simulation properties (e.g., current energy availability, mean body.size of adult males). The dataset supports a wide range of analyses, including survival, mating, reproduction, sociality, aggression, dispersal, kin selection, growth and development, foraging, and ecological structure.