Lottery Example

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Uri_dolphin3 Uri Wilensky (Author)

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code example 

Tagged by Reuven M. Lerner about 11 years ago

probability 

Tagged by Reuven M. Lerner about 11 years ago

random 

Tagged by Reuven M. Lerner about 11 years ago

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to setup
  clear-all
  ;; create a turtle on every fifth patch
  ask patches with [pxcor mod 5 = 0 and pycor mod 5 = 0]
    [ sprout 1
        [ ;; vary the size of the turtles
          set size 2 + random 6
          ;; start them out with no wins
          set label 0
          ;; make turtles darker so the labels stand out
          set color color - 2 ] ]
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  ask lottery-winner [
    set label label + 1
  ]
  tick
end 

;; The idea behind this procedure is a bit tricky to understand.
;; Basically we take the sum of the sizes of the turtles, and
;; that's how many "tickets" we have in our lottery.  Then we pick
;; a random "ticket" (a random number).  Then we step through the
;; turtles to figure out which turtle holds that ticket.

to-report lottery-winner
  let pick random-float sum [size] of turtles
  let winner nobody
  ask turtles
    [ ;; if there's no winner yet...
      if winner = nobody
        [ ifelse size > pick
            [ set winner self ]
            [ set pick pick - size ] ] ]
  report winner
end 


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