Bing_Social Network Simulator_v2

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turtles-own
[
  source
  belong-to   ;;news belong to whome
]


breed [news a-news]
breed [people node]

to setup
  clear-all
  create-people 1 [set color red]
  create-people 1 [set color red create-link-with turtle 0]
  while [count turtles < number-of-nodes]
  [
  setup-initial-network find-partner
  ]
  ask one-of turtles[set color pink]
  setup-news 
  ask news [put-ontop]
  reset-ticks
end 

to setup-nodes
  set-default-shape turtles "circle"
  create-people number-of-nodes
  [
    setxy (random-xcor * 0.95) (random-ycor * 0.95)
    set color green
    set size 1
    
  ]
  
  ask one-of turtles[set color pink]
  ;;create-news 1 [setxy random-xcor random-ycor set color yellow set shape "square"]
end 

to setup-network
  let num-links (4 * number-of-nodes) / 2
  while [count links < num-links]
  [
    ask one-of people
    [
      let choice (min-one-of (other people with [not link-neighbor? myself]) [distance myself])
      if choice != nobody [create-link-with choice]
    ]
    
  ]
   ; make the network look a little prettier
  repeat 15
  [
    layout-spring turtles links 0.3 (world-width / (sqrt number-of-nodes)) 1
  ]
end 
;;prefential attachment

to setup-initial-network [old-node]
  
  create-people 1
  [
    set color red
    if old-node != nobody
      [ create-link-with old-node 
        ;; position the new node near its partner
        move-to old-node
        fd 8
      ]
  ]
end 

to-report find-partner
  let total random-float sum [count link-neighbors] of turtles
  let partner nobody
  ask turtles
  [
    let nc count link-neighbors
    ;; if there's no winner yet...
    if partner = nobody
    [
      ifelse nc > total
        [ set partner self ]
        [ set total total - nc ]
    ]
  ]
  report partner
end 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

to setup-news
  create-news 1
  [ 
    set shape "car"
    set color yellow
    set size 1.5
    set source one-of turtles with [color = pink]
    ]
  let temp one-of turtles with [color = pink]
  ask news [move-to temp set belong-to temp]
end 

to go
  
   ifelse ticks mod 3 = 1 and ticks > 3
  [
  
    ask news [die]
  ask turtles [set color red]
  ask one-of turtles [set color pink]
  setup-news
  ]
  
  [
  ask turtles with [color = pink]
  [
    while [count link-neighbors with [color = red] > 0]
    [
    let spread one-of link-neighbors with [color = red]
    let parent one-of turtles-here with [color = yellow]
    
    if spread != nobody [
      if random-float 100 < news-is-interesting [
        ask spread [set color pink]
        ask parent[hatch 1]
        ask parent [move-to spread set belong-to spread]
        ask spread [create-link-with [source] of parent]
        ]] 
    ]
    ]
  ]
  
  
  tick
end 

to go_once
  ifelse ticks mod 3 = 1 and ticks > 3
  
  [
    ask news [die]
  ask turtles [set color red]
  ask one-of turtles [set color pink]
  setup-news
  ]
  
  [
  ask turtles with [color = pink]
  [
    while [count link-neighbors with [color = red] > 0]
    [
    let spread one-of link-neighbors with [color = red]
    let parent one-of turtles-here with [color = yellow]
    
    if spread != nobody [
      if random-float 100 < news-is-interesting [
        ask spread [set color pink]
        ask parent[hatch 1]
        ask parent [move-to spread set belong-to spread]
        ask spread [create-link-with [source] of parent]
        ]] 
    ]
    ]
  ]
  tick
end 

to put-ontop
  hatch 1;;[create-links-with [links]of myself]
  die
end 

to layout
  ;; the number 3 here is arbitrary; more repetitions slows down the
  ;; model, but too few gives poor layouts
  repeat 3 [
    ;; the more turtles we have to fit into the same amount of space,
    ;; the smaller the inputs to layout-spring we'll need to use
    let factor sqrt count turtles
    ;; numbers here are arbitrarily chosen for pleasing appearance
    layout-spring turtles links (1 / factor) (7 / factor) (1 / factor)
    display  ;; for smooth animation
  ]
  ;; don't bump the edges of the world
  let x-offset max [xcor] of turtles + min [xcor] of turtles
  let y-offset max [ycor] of turtles + min [ycor] of turtles
  ;; big jumps look funny, so only adjust a little each time
  set x-offset limit-magnitude x-offset 0.1
  set y-offset limit-magnitude y-offset 0.1
  ask turtles [ setxy (xcor - x-offset / 2) (ycor - y-offset / 2) ]
  ask news [move-to [belong-to] of self]
end 

to-report limit-magnitude [number limit]
  if number > limit [ report limit ]
  if number < (- limit) [ report (- limit) ]
  report number
end 

to resize-nodes
  ifelse all? turtles [size <= 1]
  [
    ;; a node is a circle with diameter determined by
    ;; the SIZE variable; using SQRT makes the circle's
    ;; area proportional to its degree
    ask turtles [ set size sqrt count link-neighbors ]
  ]
  [
    ask turtles [ set size 1 ]
  ]
end 

There is only one version of this model, created almost 11 years ago by Bing Zhang.

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