Agent-Based Modeling of Misinformation Diffusion

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turtles-own [state is-influencer?]
breed [people person]
breed [bots bot]

to setup
  clear-all
  setup-nodes
  setup-spatially-clustered-network
  ask links [set color white]
end 

to setup-nodes
  create-people num-people[
    set color white
    setxy (random-xcor * 0.95) (random-ycor * 0.95)
    set shape "person"
    set size 1.5
    
  ]
  create-bots num-bots[
    setxy (random-xcor * 0.95) (random-ycor * 0.95)
    set shape "circle"
    set color red
    set size 1
  ]
  let num-influencers round (percent-influencers * 0.01 * num-people)
  print "Number of influencers: "
  print num-influencers
  ask n-of num-influencers people[
    set is-influencer? true
    set shape "star"
    set size 1.9
    ;set color yellow
  ]
end 

to setup-spatially-clustered-network
  let num-links (average-node-degree * count turtles) / 2
  while [count links < num-links ]
  [
    ask one-of turtles
    [
      let choice (min-one-of (other turtles with [not link-neighbor? myself])
                   [distance myself])
      if choice != nobody [ create-link-with choice ]
    ]
  ]
  ; make the network look a little prettier
  repeat 10
  [
    layout-spring turtles links 0.3 (world-width / (sqrt count turtles)) 1
  ]
end 

to go
end

There are 4 versions of this model.

Uploaded by	When	Description	Download
tere v	about 8 hours ago	added setup-nodes and setup-spatially-clustered-network procedures	Download this version
T V	about 10 hours ago	added people and bots breeds. created initial setup procedure	Download this version
T V	about 10 hours ago	Agent-Based Modeling of Misinformation	Download this version
T V	about 10 hours ago	Initial upload	Download this version

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