ICPSR2010 Class 2

Introduction to Computing for
Complex Systems (Session II)
Daniel Martin Katz

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Goals for Today
Quick Review From Our Last Session
Extended Exploration of the Forest

Fire Model and its Implementation

Describe the
contribution of
each scholar to
Agent Based
Modeling
Conway
Von Neumann
Schelling
Three Important Colors
CONTROLS
SETTINGS
VIEWS

Wolf-Sheep Example
Buttons
Switchers
Sliders
Monitors
Plots

Patches Turtles
What are the key features for each of these?

Exploring the
Forest Fire Model
http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Fire

The Forest Fire Model















The Forest
Fire Model
Tally the Average of
five model runs
For Values
50, 55, 60, 65

Average
2.6
Average Average
2.6 5.8
Average Average Average

2.6 5.8 66.5
Average Average Average Average

2.6 5.8 66.5 93.9
Parallel Processing on
Percolation Threshold
Average Average
5.8 66.5

Lets Do Some additional
in Class Data Collection
On Our Fire Model
56
57
58
59
Now Lets
Discuss
The Results

Explore the Code

The Forest
Fire Model

;; is for
Comments
Not Active
code

What is a Global?
Look it up in
the dictionary

What is a Global?

What is a breed?
again, look it up in
the dictionary

What is a breed?

The Forest
Fire Model

The Forest
Fire Model

The Complete Code
for the
Forest Fire model

the setup
procedure

1st Operation is to Clear Everything

(a) The World Consists of
Turtles and Patches
(b) Turtle Can Assume
lots of Shapes
(c) Default is Now “square”
(d) What is the plain english

version of this line of
code?
(e) set-default-shape
for
turtles
to
“square”

(a) Call on Our Patches
Using “Ask Patches”
(b) But Only A Certain

Random Set of Patches

look at the brackets,
what do these brackets do?
we need to learn these primitives:

ask patches
random-float

The Ask Primitive

Random-Float

(a) Call on Our Patches
Using “Ask Patches”
(b) But Only A Certain

Random Set of Patches
(c) Patches With < “Density”
(d) Set Patch Color Green

Again it is the
“ask” “patches with”
With What Criteria?

pxcor = min-pxcor
[Notice The Brackets]

(a) Again it is the “Ask”
“Patches With”
(b) pxcor = min-pxcor
Here is where pxcor = min-pxcor

(c) To
(i.e. Where Pxcor Ingnite
=0)

With What Criteria?
pxcor = min-pxcor
[Notice The Brackets]
To Do What?
Ignite
How Does It Know

What “Ignite” Means?
Consult Netlogo
Dictionary?
Is it there?

Here is How
(We Will Return
to This in a Few)

Lets Look at the Set Command

set variable value
variable= initial-trees
value= count patches with

[patchcolor =green]

set variable value
variable= burned-trees
value= numeric value of 0

notice how
within ‘setup’
these globals
are ultimately
assigned a
value

Modular Code:
notice how the
[ ignite ]
procedures are
defined below

“sprout-fires 1” ?

“sprout-fires 1”
sprouting of a turtle
from breed = fires
and a 1 per patch
[ set color red]

note: color versus pcolor
this implies turtle not patch
(see dictionary for distinction)
fire turtle is set to red
set pcolor black

setting patch color to black
set burned-trees to burned-trees +1

Modular Code:
now notice how
[fade-embers]
procedures are
defined below

“ask embers”
embers are a breed
[ set color color - 0.3]

makes the red darker
if color < red - 3.5

‘If’ is a conditional
(balance of the command is
triggered if condition is met)
Allows a slow fading of embers

What does color < red - 3.5 imply?

“ask embers”
embers are a breed
[ set color color - 0.3]

makes the red darker
if color < red - 3.5

‘If’ is a conditional
(balance of the command is
triggered if condition is met)
Allows a slow fading of embers

What does color < red - 3.5 imply?
[set pcolor color die]

We will focus
upon the ‘to go’
procedure in
the next class

3-D perspective on the model
as it runs

notice how these turtles on the terrain

Exploration of the
Forest Fire Model
(1) Modify the Color of the

Forest to Blue
(2) Make the Fire Move North to

South Instead of West to East

Next Time:
Finish Fire Model
&

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Introduction to Computing for

Complex Systems (Session II)

Daniel Martin Katz

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Quick Review From Our Last Session

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(d) What is the plain english

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we need to learn these primitives:

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(b) But Only A Certain

(c) Patches With < “Density”

(d) Set Patch Color Green

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With What Criteria?

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(b) pxcor = min-pxcor

Here is where pxcor = min-pxcor

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How Does It Know