ForestGuard

Description

This project proposes a simulation of a forest monitoring and fire fighting system. The agents in this simulation are represented by scout drones, firefighter drones, and a forest ranger station.

Scout Drone: Scout drones are responsible for exploring the forest and mapping the environment. Their main task is detecting active fires and reporting them to nearby agents or directly to the station when in communication range. Scouts must continuously monitor their battery level and return to the station to recharge when it runs low.

Firefighter Drone: Firefighter drones are dispatched to locations where fires have been reported. Their main task is to extinguish active fires using their onboard water tank. When the tank runs empty, they must decide where to refill: if their battery level is sufficient, they head to the nearest water source (river or lake); otherwise, they return to the ranger station to both recharge and refill. Fire suppression is always their top priority, and resource management is key to their effectiveness.

Forest Ranger Station: The station is a stationary agent placed at a fixed location in the grid. It acts as the central hub of the system: it recharges drone batteries, refills the firefighter water tanks, and aggregates map information reported by drones when they are within communication range. It can also redirect drones to high priority areas based on the global map it maintains.

The environment is represented by a randomly generated 2D grid forest, which contains trees, clearings, obstacles, fire cells, and water sources such as rivers or lakes. Fire spreads dynamically to adjacent cells every few turns. Drones can communicate with each other only when within short antenna range, while the station can reach any drone at any time.

Technical Aspects

• Jason for the programming of the agents 
• Java for the environment, the grid simulation and the GUI