As a movement model, Planktos should make it easy for the user to specify a Gaussian or truncated Levy random walk. Intermittent walks are also desirable. Both could rely on a constant velocity (two constant velocities in the case of intermittent walks), but this will pose a new challenge since the time interval between landing points is non-uniform. The full data of the random walk could be stored as an agent property while the position data on the Euler time mesh represents just the positions at those times. Collisions with immersed structures will need to be carefully handled as well for the same reason.
As a movement model, Planktos should make it easy for the user to specify a Gaussian or truncated Levy random walk. Intermittent walks are also desirable. Both could rely on a constant velocity (two constant velocities in the case of intermittent walks), but this will pose a new challenge since the time interval between landing points is non-uniform. The full data of the random walk could be stored as an agent property while the position data on the Euler time mesh represents just the positions at those times. Collisions with immersed structures will need to be carefully handled as well for the same reason.