Northwestern Group Dynamics

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extensions [nw cf]

breed [students student]
breed [organizations organization]
undirected-link-breed [friendships friendship]

globals [
  all-types
]

students-own [
  freshman?    ;to distinguish between freshmen and upperclassmen
  group-types-wanted
  group
  total-groups-recruited-for
  happy?
]

organizations-own [
  name
  group-types
  drops-in-year  ;counts how many students drop the group in a given year
]

;; To setup the model

to setup
  clear-all
  set all-types  ["cultural" "engineering" "greek" "business"]
  ;25% students are freshmen, rest upperclassmen
  initialize-orgs
  initialize-network
  initialize-freshmen
  colorize
  layout
  reset-ticks
end 

;; The go procedure that runs until all freshmen are in a group or have exhausted their recruitment limits
;; Calls next year procedure if 'years-roll-on' switch is enabled

to go
  ; continue if there exists freshmen with no group or max-recruitment-limit not reached
  if count students with [freshman? = true and group = nobody and total-groups-recruited-for < student-recruit-limit] = 0 [
    tabulate-happiness
    tick
    reset-drops-in-yr
    ifelse years-roll-on
    [ next-year ]
    [ stop ]
  ]
  ask students[
    let new-friend nobody
    ifelse freshman?
    [
      ;; 50% chance of meeting freshman vs upperclassmen (as opposed to doing it randomly, would be 25 - 75 based on population)
      ifelse random 10 < 5
      [ set new-friend one-of other students with [freshman? = true] ]
      [ set new-friend one-of students with [freshman? = false]]
    ]
    [
      ; upperclassmen meet new ppl w/ only 50% prbability since they are less likely to mingle
      if random 100 < 50 [
        ;; 80% chance of meeting upperclassmen vs freshmen
        ifelse random 10 < 8
        [ set new-friend one-of other students with [freshman? = false] ]
        [ set new-friend one-of students with [freshman? = true] ]
      ]
    ]
    if new-friend != nobody [
      ; If not already friends, then:
      if not member? new-friend friendship-neighbors [
        create-friendship-with new-friend
      ]
      ; if still looking for a group, and new friend is in a group
      if [group] of new-friend != nobody and group = nobody[
        let potential-new-group [group] of new-friend
        if recruit? potential-new-group [
          set group potential-new-group
        ]
      ]
    ]

  ]
  colorize
  layout
end 

;; To initialize the hidden organizations, with their names and group-types

to initialize-orgs
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "ISBE"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["business"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "Sig Nu"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["greek"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "EPIC"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["business" ]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "MCSA"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["cultural"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "Alpha Phi"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["greek"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "IEEE"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "Formula"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "SASA"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["cultural"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
end 

;; To initialize the initial network of Northwestern upperclassmen with preferrential attachment using built-in Networks extension

to initialize-network
  ;each upperclassman has at least 5 friends
  nw:generate-preferential-attachment students friendships (num-students * 3 / 4) 5
  ask students [
    set freshman? false
    set group-types-wanted get-two-types
    ; put student in a group that is of one of the types he wants
    set group one-of organizations with [ member? (item 0 [group-types-wanted] of myself) group-types or member? (item 1 [group-types-wanted] of myself) group-types ]
    set happy? true
    set total-groups-recruited-for 1
  ]
end 

;; The recruit procedure, that returns true if the student is accepted in org, false otherwise
;; Calls the recruit-freshman? or recruit-upperclassman? procedure depending on the year of the student
;; student procedure

to-report recruit? [ org ]
  ifelse freshman?
  [ report recruit-freshman? org ]
  [ report recruit-upperclassman? org ]
end 

;; Freshman recruit procedure, returns true if the student is accepted in org, false otherwise
;; student procedure

to-report recruit-freshman? [ org ]
  ; can only try to recruit if not exceeded limit
  let total-members-in-org count students with [group != nobody and [name] of group = [name] of org]
  if total-members-in-org >= group-recruitment-limit [
    report false
  ]
  ifelse total-groups-recruited-for < student-recruit-limit [
    set total-groups-recruited-for total-groups-recruited-for + 1
    let x 0 ;x represents # of group types wanted by student that are also in the group type of the selected organization
    let y 0 ;y represents total # of group types wanted by student
    foreach group-types-wanted [ g-type ->
      if member? g-type [group-types] of org [
        set x x + 1
      ]
      set y y + 1
    ]
    ;;once student has recruited for the max number of groups, he has a 50% chance of joining the group if there is no fit- desperation
    if total-groups-recruited-for = student-recruit-limit and x = 0[
      set x 1
      set y 2
    ]
    ifelse random 100 < x / y * 100
    [ report true ]
    [ report false ]
  ]
  [ report false ]
end 

;; Upperclassman recruit procedure, returns true if the student is accepted in org, false otherwise
;; student procedure

to-report recruit-upperclassman? [ org ]
  let num-friends-in-org count friendship-neighbors with [group != nobody and [name] of group = [name] of org]
  let total-members-in-org count students with [group != nobody and [name] of group = [name] of org]
  if total-members-in-org >= group-recruitment-limit [
    report false
  ]
  if total-groups-recruited-for > student-recruit-limit [
    report false
  ]
  ;if you have an intersecting interest, you will join the group as an upperclassmen with 75% probability; or if you know more than threshold% of the group
  foreach group-types-wanted [ g-type ->
    if member? g-type [group-types] of org and random 100 < 75[
      report true
    ]
  ]
  ifelse num-friends-in-org / total-members-in-org * 100 > group-friendship-threshold-%
  [ report true ]
  [ report false ]
end 

;; Initializes a new class of freshmen, with no friends or organization

to initialize-freshmen
  create-students num-students / 4 [
    set freshman? true
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 0
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted get-two-types
  ]
end 

;; Sets the color and shape of the students based on their year and group affiliations

to colorize
  ask students [
    ifelse freshman?
    [ set shape "default" ]
    [ set shape "circle" ]
  ]
  ask students with [group = nobody ] [
    set color white
  ]
  ask students with [group != nobody] [
    (cf:ifelse
      [name] of group = "ISBE" [ set color red ]
      [name] of group = "Sig Nu" [ set color green ]
      [name] of group = "EPIC" [ set color violet  ]
      [name] of group = "MCSA" [ set color yellow  ]
      [name] of group = "Alpha Phi" [ set color pink  ]
      [name] of group = "IEEE" [ set color cyan  ]
      [name] of group = "Formula" [ set color orange  ]
      [name] of group = "SASA" [ set color brown  ]
    )
  ]
end 

;; Sets the happy? parameter of each student as true/false at the end of the year

to tabulate-happiness
  ask students [
    ifelse group = nobody
    [
      ;;unhappy if in no group
      set happy? false
    ]
    [
      ;unhappy if in a group with no interests in common
      let interests-in-common 0
      foreach group-types-wanted [ g-type ->
        if member? g-type [group-types] of group [
          set interests-in-common interests-in-common + 1
        ]
      ]
      ifelse interests-in-common = 0
      [
        ; if no interests in common, can still be happy if many friends in the group
        let num-friends-in-same-group count friendship-neighbors with [group != nobody and [name] of group = [name] of [group] of myself]
        let total-members-my-org count students with [group != nobody and [name] of group = [name] of [group] of myself]
        ifelse num-friends-in-same-group / total-members-my-org * 100 < group-friendship-threshold-%
        [ set happy? false ]
        [ set happy? true ]
      ]
      [ set happy? true ]
    ]
  ]
end 

;; Network visualization procedure

to layout
  repeat 30 [
    layout-spring students with [freshman? = false]  friendships 0.2 5 1
    layout-circle students with [freshman? = true] 10
    display
  ]
end 

;; Called at the end of the year- seniors graduate, freshmen become upperclassmen, students drop groups if unhappy, and new class of freshmen initialized

to next-year
  ;;33% of upperclassmen graduate (upperclasmen = soph, jun, sen)- only seniors graduate
  ask n-of (25 / 100 * num-students) students with [freshman? = false] [
    die
  ]

  ask students with [freshman? = true] [
    set freshman? false
  ]

  ask students [
    if happy? = false [
      if group != nobody [
        ask group [
          set drops-in-year drops-in-year + 1
        ]
        set group nobody
      ]
    ]
  ]
  initialize-freshmen
  colorize
  layout
end 

;; Resets drops-in-year of each organization to 0 so can be retabulated for the following year

to reset-drops-in-yr
  ask organizations [
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
end 

;; Returns a list of 2 group-types based on the relative distribution of interests (sliders)

to-report get-two-types
  ;The 2 types may be the same, just means that the particular student is very keen on that type of group
  let type1 get-one-type
  let type2 get-one-type
  report (list type1 type2)
end 

;; Returns 1 group type based on the relative distribution of interests (sliders)

to-report get-one-type
  let type-probabilities (list cultural-interest engineering-interest greek-interest business-interest)
  report random-weighted all-types type-probabilities
end 


;; Returns one element from values list based on the weighted probabilities list weights
;; Source: http://netlogo-users.18673.x6.nabble.com/Using-list-distribution-as-a-probability-function-td4867966.html

to-report random-weighted [values weights]
  let selector (random-float sum weights)
  let running-sum 0
  (foreach values weights [ [a b] ->
    set running-sum (running-sum + b)
    if (running-sum > selector) [
      report a
    ]
  ])
end 


;; UNIT TESTS

;; Unit test for random-weighted
;; Takes in an input of 3 weights, reports the distribution of 100 actual values produced by calling the random-weighted function, which should reflect the inputed weights
;; If the sum of input weights is 100, output values will be approximately the same as input, otherwise output will reflect the distribution in a population of 100

to-report test-random-weighted [ weights ]
  let out []
  repeat 100 [
   set out lput (random-weighted [ "a" "b" "c"] weights) out
  ]
  let num-a 0
  let num-b 0
  let num-c 0
  (foreach out [ x ->
    (cf:ifelse
      x = "a" [ set num-a num-a + 1 ]
      x = "b" [ set num-b num-b + 1 ]
      x = "c" [ set num-c num-c + 1 ]
    )])
  report (list num-a num-b num-c)
end 

;; Unit test #1 for recruitment
;; Tests that both freshmen and upperclassmen who have exceeded their recruitment limit do not join the group
;; Reports true if the recruitment procedures are working accordingly, false otherwise

to-report test-recruitment-1
  clear-all
  set all-types  ["cultural" "engineering" "greek" "business"]
  set student-recruit-limit 10
  ;; all students initialized having exceeded their recruitment limit, with overlapping interest with the group
  create-students 50 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? true
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 20
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted [ "engineering" "greek" ]
  ]
  create-students 50 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? false
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 20
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted [ "engineering" "greek" ]
  ]
  ;; No students in the group initially, so group recruitment limit will not be triggered
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "test-group"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  ;; if any student gets in, means the recruit function is not working
  let rep true
  ask students with [label = "test"] [
     if (recruit? (one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"])) = true
    [ set rep false ]
  ]
  report rep
end 

;; Unit test #2 for recruitment
;; Tests that both freshmen and upperclassmen are rejected by a group that has reached its recruitment capacity
;; Reports true if the recruitment procedures are working accordingly, false otherwise

to-report test-recruitment-2
  clear-all
  set all-types  ["cultural" "engineering" "greek" "business"]
  set group-recruitment-limit 10
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "test-group"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  ;; initialize the group with 10 members, the limit
  create-students 10 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? false
    set happy? true
    set total-groups-recruited-for 1
    set group one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"]
    set group-types-wanted get-two-types
  ]
  create-students 50 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? true
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 0
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted get-two-types
  ]
  create-students 50 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? false
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 0
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted get-two-types
  ]
  ;; if any student gets in, means the recruit function is not working
  let rep true
  ask students with [label = "test"] [
     if (recruit? (one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"])) = true
    [ set rep false ]
  ]
  report rep
end 

;; Unit test #3 for recruitment
;; Tests that a freshman with no interest in a group does not join the group
;; Reports true if the recruitment procedures are working accordingly, false otherwise

to-report test-recruitment-3
  clear-all
  set all-types  ["cultural" "engineering" "greek" "business"]
  create-students 1 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? true
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 0
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted ["cultural" "greek"]
  ]
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "test-group"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  ;; if this student gets in, means the recruit function is not working
  let rep false
  ask one-of students with [label = "test"] [
     ifelse (recruit? (one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"])) = true
    [ set rep false ]
    [ set rep true]
  ]
  report rep
end 

;; Unit test #4 for recruitment
;; Confirms that upperclassmen join group if they are friends with more than group-friendship-threshold-% of the members
;; Reports true if the recruitment procedures are working accordingly, false otherwise

to-report test-recruitment-4
  clear-all
  set all-types  ["cultural" "engineering" "greek" "business"]
  set group-friendship-threshold-% 25
  let temp group-recruitment-limit
  set group-recruitment-limit 200
  create-organizations 1 [
    set name "test-group"
    set hidden? true
    set group-types ["engineering"]
    set drops-in-year 0
  ]
  ;; create upperclassman with no overlapping interest
  create-students 1 [
    set label "test"
    set freshman? false
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 0
    set group nobody
    set group-types-wanted ["cultural" "greek"]
  ]
  ;; 30 students in the group who are friends with the test student
  create-students 30 [
    set freshman? false
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 1
    set group one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"]
    create-friendship-with one-of students with [label = "test"]
  ]
  ;; 70 students in the group who are not friends with the test student
  create-students 70 [
    set freshman? false
    set happy? false
    set total-groups-recruited-for 1
    set group one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"]
  ]
  ;; if this student does not get in, means the recruit function is not working, since he is frinds with more than threshold% of students in the group
  let rep false
  ask one-of students with [label = "test"] [
    print recruit? (one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"])
     if (recruit? (one-of organizations with [name = "test-group"])) = true
    [ set rep true ]
  ]
  set group-recruitment-limit temp
  report rep
end 

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