One Turtle Per Patch Example

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Uri_dolphin3 Uri Wilensky (Author)

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;; SET UP THE WORLD

to setup
  clear-all
  ;; Color the patches so they're easier to see
  ask patches [ set pcolor random-float 2 ]
  ;; The easiest way to ensure that we start with only one
  ;; turtle per patch is to use "sprout" to have the patches
  ;; create the turtles
  ask n-of num-turtles patches [ sprout 1 ]
  reset-ticks
end 

;;; ABOUT THE STRATEGIES

;; Which of the following techniques is appropriate for your model
;; depends on what you're modeling.  The different techniques have
;; different pros and cons.  For example, how far the turtles move
;; each time varies with the different strategy:
;;
;; Strategy #1: A turtle sometimes moves 1, sometimes doesn't move
;; at all.  Even if it moves, it sometimes still remains on the same
;; patch.
;;
;; Strategy #2: A turtles always moves at least 1, but it may move
;; an indefinitely large distance if it takes it a long time to find
;; an empty patch.
;;
;; Strategy #3: If there is an adjacent empty patch, the turtle will
;; always move to it, otherwise it will stay put.  Turtles always
;; occupy the center of patches.
;;
;; These aren't the only possible strategies -- there are lots of
;; possible ways you could modify or combine these strategies.

;;;

;; TURTLE STRATEGY #1:
;; If the patch ahead has no other turtles on it, then move onto
;; it, otherwise turn a random direction and wait until next time
;; before trying to move again.  A subtle point here is that "fd 1"
;; doesn't always take you to a new patch, because along the
;; diagonal, a patch is 1.414... units big.

to go-if-empty-ahead
  ask turtles [
    ifelse not any? other turtles-on patch-ahead 1
      [ fd 1 ]
      [ rt random 360 ]
  ]
  tick
end 

;; TURTLE STRATEGY #2:
;; Check neighboring patches to see if any are empty.  If any are
;; empty, pick a random empty one and move onto its center.
;; Note that we can't just do "fd 1", since the patch's center
;; might be more than 1 unit away from our current position.

to go-if-empty-nearby
  ask turtles [
    let empty-patches neighbors with [not any? turtles-here]
    if any? empty-patches
      [ let target one-of empty-patches
        face target
        move-to target ]
  ]
  tick
end 

;; TURTLE STRATEGY #3:
;; Keep moving forward until standing on an empty patch.  (The
;; Segregation model in the Models Library uses a variant of
;; this strategy.)  Note that theoretically this could end up
;; stuck in an infinite loop if all the patches the turtle
;; crosses are always occupied, but this is very unlikely
;; to happen in practice.

to go-until-empty-here  ;; turtle procedure
  ask turtles [
    fd 1
    while [any? other turtles-here]
      [ fd 1 ]
  ]
  tick
end 


; Public Domain:
; To the extent possible under law, Uri Wilensky has waived all
; copyright and related or neighboring rights to this model.

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