Customer Stores Choice Model

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breed [persons person]
breed [stores store]
breed [houses house]
;; the start-time (unhappiness start-time) is the first time when each customer have visited the target store at least once
;; the unhappiness-values-list keeps track of the unhappiness values of the population of the customers for calculation of standard-deviation
globals [start-time unhappiness-values-list]

persons-own [house-id home-xcor home-ycor
  ;; who-number of the home belonging to person, the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the home
  store-travel-time-list store-visit-count-list store-total-waiting-time-list
  ;; store-travel-time-list contains the list of travel-distance from home to each store, store-visit-count-list contains the total number of visits by the person to each store
  ;; store-waiting-time-list contains the total waiting time for each store in the past visits of the person
  rest-time wait-time demand target-store-id
  ;; how much time the person will rest at home after returning from store
  ;; what is the quantity of the item that person requires in current visit to store
  ;; in the beginning of journey, the person decides which store to visit, the who of target store is saved in target-store-id
  at-home? at-store? travelling-to-store? travelling-to-home?]
  ;; the state variables, at-home is true if the person is at home, travelling-to-store if on way to store, travelling-to-home if on way to home, at-store if at store currently
stores-own [quantity]
;; every store keeps track of its current quantity

;; Reports the current average-unhappiness of the population
;; A person's unhappiness for a given store = Avg. Waiting Time at the store + Travel Time for the store (proportional to distance of store from home)
;; A person's unhappiness is counted towards average unhappiness, only when the person has visited the current targeted store at least once.
;; ^ This is to avoid bad unhappiness values when the person is yet to experience the target store atleast once

to-report average-unhappiness
  ;; Initialize the list for the unhappiness values of the customers
  set unhappiness-values-list []
  ;; The number of customers which have actually experienced the target-store at least once
  let actual-num-consumers 0
  ask persons [
    ;; If the person has visited the target store at least once
    if (item target-store-id store-visit-count-list) > 0
    [
      ;; insert its unhappiness value in the unhappiness list for the population
      set unhappiness-values-list lput store-unhappiness target-store-id unhappiness-values-list
      set actual-num-consumers actual-num-consumers + 1 ]
  ]
  ;; If all of the customers have atleast experienced their current target store at least once, then set the current time as the start-time
  if actual-num-consumers = num-consumers and start-time = 0 [set start-time ticks]

  ;; color the customers and houses as per the unhappiness distribution
  ;; report the standard-deviation and mean of the unhappiness if the actual numbers of customers are greater than 2
  if (actual-num-consumers >= 2)
  [
    let std-dev-unhappiness standard-deviation unhappiness-values-list
    let mean-unhappiness mean unhappiness-values-list
    ;;set the colors of the customer and house agents
    set-customer-unhappiness-colors std-dev-unhappiness mean-unhappiness
    ;; If the user has turned ON the visual tool to show the unhappiness distribution over the patches, then color the patches accordingly
    ;; otherwise set all the patches to turquoise color
    ifelse (show-unhappiness-terrain?) [show-unhappiness-terrain] [ ask patches [set pcolor turquoise] ]
  ]
  ;; report the average unhappiness value
  ifelse actual-num-consumers > 0
  [report mean unhappiness-values-list]
  [report 0]
end 

;; sets the color of the customers and houses as per the current unhappiness value in the population distribution

to set-customer-unhappiness-colors [std-dev mean-val]
  ask persons [
    ;; get the unhappiness value of the customer
    let person-unhappiness store-unhappiness target-store-id
    ;; red color for person with unhappiness more than mean value + standard-deviation
    (ifelse (person-unhappiness >= mean-val + std-dev) [set color red]
      ;; orange color for person with unhappiness above mean
    (person-unhappiness >= mean-val) [set color orange]
      ;; sky color for unhappiness below the mean-value - standard deviation, the happiest of the customers
    (person-unhappiness < mean-val - std-dev) [set color sky]
      ;; rest green color for below mean
    [ set color green])
    ;; set the same color for the house as of the associated customer
    ask house house-id [set color [color] of myself]
  ]
end 

;; set the color of the patches as per the color of the nearest house (denoting the unhappiness value of customer residing in the region)

to show-unhappiness-terrain
  ask patches [
    ;; local variable to store the new color value of the patch
    let my-new-color 0
    ;; get the color of the nearest house to the patch
    ask houses with-min [distance myself]
    [
      set my-new-color [color] of self
    ]
    ;; set a lighter tone for the patch color
    set pcolor my-new-color + 2
  ]
end 

;; reports the first time, when all of the customers have experienced their target store atleast once

to-report unhappiness-start-time
  report start-time
end 

to setup
  clear-all
  ask patches [set pcolor turquoise]
  ;; initialize the unhappiness start-time to 0
  set start-time 0
  ;; setup the stores in the grid
  setup-stores-initial

  ;; setup the persons in the grid
  setup-homes-and-consumers

  ;; initialize the lists and initial state variables for the persons
  ask persons [ initialize-person-lists-and-state ]
  reset-ticks
end 

;; if we want keep the location of stores same, but want to try a new location of consumers

to setup-consumers
  clear-all-plots
  ask patches [set pcolor turquoise]
  ;; initialize the unhappiness start-time to 0
  set start-time 0
  ;; kill all the persons and houses and generate a new set of customers and houses with different location
  ask persons [die]
  ask houses [die]
  ;; reset the quantity in the stores
  ask stores [set quantity store-capacity]
  ;; generate the customer and house pairs in the grid
  setup-homes-and-consumers
  ;; intialize the lists for each consumer
  ask persons [initialize-person-lists-and-state]
  reset-ticks
end 

;; if we want to keep the same location of consumers, but want to try a new location for shops

to setup-stores
  clear-all-plots
  ;; initialize the unhappiness start-time to 0
  set start-time 0
  ;; set a unifrom random location of the stores
  ;; intially the inventory (quantity) at each store is full
  ask stores [
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
    set quantity store-capacity
  ]
  ;; initialize the list and state variables of the customers
  ask persons [initialize-person-lists-and-state]
  reset-ticks
end 

;; create the stores in the grid

to setup-stores-initial
    create-stores num-stores [
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
    set shape "building store"
    set color yellow
    set size 1.5
    ;; intially the inventory (quantity) at each store is full
    set quantity store-capacity
  ]
end 

;; move each of the store to the average coordinate of its current customers

to move-shops-to-customers
  ask stores [
    let num-customers count link-neighbors
    let mean-x-customer mean [xcor] of link-neighbors
    let mean-y-customer mean [ycor] of link-neighbors
    ;; move the store to the mean coordian
    setxy mean-x-customer mean-y-customer
  ]
  reset-consumers
end 

;; move the store to the unhappiness weighted mean coordinate of its current customers

to move-shops-to-unhappiness-customers
  ask stores [
    let current-store-id [who] of self
    ;; the total unhappiness of current store customers
    let total-customer-unhappiness 0
    let mean-unhappiness-x-customer 0
    let mean-unhappiness-y-customer 0
    ;; ask the houses of its customers
    ask link-neighbors[
      let current-house-id [who] of self
      ;; get the customer who is associated with this house
      let person-here persons with [house-id = current-house-id]
      ;; ask the customer associated with this house
      ask person-here
      [
        let unhappiness-value store-unhappiness current-store-id
        ;; take the weigted x and y coordinate of the customer
        set mean-unhappiness-x-customer  mean-unhappiness-x-customer + (xcor * unhappiness-value)
        set mean-unhappiness-y-customer  mean-unhappiness-y-customer + (ycor * unhappiness-value)
        set total-customer-unhappiness total-customer-unhappiness + unhappiness-value
      ]
    ]
    ;; finally get the unhappiness weighted customer coordinates
    set mean-unhappiness-x-customer mean-unhappiness-x-customer / total-customer-unhappiness
    set mean-unhappiness-y-customer mean-unhappiness-y-customer / total-customer-unhappiness

    setxy mean-unhappiness-x-customer mean-unhappiness-y-customer
  ]
  reset-consumers
end 

;; reset the customer variables and set the location to its home location
;; reset the quantity of the store as well

to reset-consumers
  clear-all-plots
  set start-time 0
  ;; reset the quantity in the stores
  ask stores [set quantity store-capacity]
  ;; intialize the lists for each consumer
  ask persons [initialize-person-lists-and-state]
  reset-ticks
end 

;; create the customer and the associated house pairs on the grid

to setup-homes-and-consumers
    ;; create persons/consumers
    create-persons num-consumers [
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
    ;; the initial location will be the location of person's home as well
    set home-xcor xcor
    set home-ycor ycor
    set shape "person"
    set color blue
    ;; store the current person in local variable parent
    let parent self
    ;; ask the patch on the where the person is standing to create an agent of breed house
    ask patch-here[
      sprout-houses 1 [
        set shape "house"
        set color blue
        ;; store the who number of house in local variable of the associated customer
        let current-house-id who
        ;; ask the customer stored as parent, to set its house-id to the who number of this house
        ask parent [
          set house-id current-house-id
        ]
      ]
    ]
  ]
  ;; reset the unhappiness values of the population list
  set unhappiness-values-list []
end 

;; initializes the calling customer's lists and initial-state

to initialize-person-lists-and-state
    ;; calculate the travelling distance to each store
    set store-travel-time-list n-values num-stores distance-from-store
    ;; initialize visit count for each store to zero
    set store-visit-count-list n-values num-stores [i -> 0]
    ;; initialize the total waiting time for each store to zero
    set store-total-waiting-time-list n-values num-stores [i -> 0]
    ;; set the initial state of person as at home
    set at-home? true
    ;; initialize the rest-time of the person
    set rest-time random person-max-rest-time
    ;; place the person at associated house
    setxy home-xcor home-ycor
end 

;; reports the euclidean distance from calling customer's house to the store with given who number as store-id

to-report distance-from-store [store-id]
  let distance-to-store 0
  ;; store the distance from home to store in distance-to-store variable
  ask house house-id [ set distance-to-store distance store store-id]
  ;; resport the distance
  report distance-to-store
end 

;; reports the best store option for the calling customer depending on the unhappiness values
;; unhappiness for a store = distance-from-home + (average waiting time at the store)

to-report best-store-option
  ;; prepare the unhappiness value for each store and store in a local variable - list
  let store-unhappiness-list n-values num-stores store-unhappiness
  ;; find the minimum unhappiness value
  let min-unhappiness min store-unhappiness-list
  ;; report the index (who of the store in this case) with the given minimum unhappiness-value
  report position min-unhappiness store-unhappiness-list
end 

;; reports the unhappiness for a particular store for the calling customer
;; unhappiness for a store = distance-from-home + (average waiting time at the store)

to-report store-unhappiness [store-id]
  ;; initally unhappiness = distance-from-home
  let unhappiness item store-id store-travel-time-list
  ;; add average waiting time for the store to the unhappiness value, if the number of visits to the store > 0
  if (item store-id store-visit-count-list) > 0 [
    set unhappiness unhappiness + (item store-id store-total-waiting-time-list) / (item store-id store-visit-count-list)
  ]
  ;; report the unhappiness value
  report unhappiness
end 

;; display the inner influence circles for each store
;; every house strictly inside this radius is a customer to calling store only, not to any other store

to-report inner-influence-radius
  let current-store self
  ;; the list of the houses of the current customers of the store
  let current-store-link-neighbors link-neighbors
  ;; report the distance of the nearest home which is a customer of another store
  report min [distance current-store] of houses with [not member? self current-store-link-neighbors]
end 

;; the distance of the home of the farthest customer for the store
;; this is the radius of the star network of this

to-report outer-influence-radius
  let current-store self
  ;; report the distance of the home of the farthest customer
  report max [distance current-store] of link-neighbors
end 

to go
  ;; perform the following actions for each customer
  ask persons[run-consumer-finite-state-logic]
  ;; increase the quantity in each store by the supply-rate
  ask stores [
    set quantity quantity + supply-rate
    ;; if the quantity of the store goes above its capacity, set quantity to exactly its capacity
    if quantity > store-capacity [set quantity store-capacity]
  ]
  ;; clear all the previous drawings
  clear-drawing
  ;; display inner-circles if inner-influence-circles? switch is ON
  if inner-influence-circles? [display-inner-influence-circles]
  ;; display outer-circles if outer-influence-circles? switch is ON
  if outer-influence-circles? [display-outer-influence-circles]
  ;; hide links if show-links? switch if OFF
  ask links [set hidden? not show-links?]
  tick
end 

;; contains the logic of customer for the go procedure

to run-consumer-finite-state-logic
  ;; fetch the target store via the target-store-id
    let target-store store target-store-id
    (ifelse
      ;; if the person is currently inside home
      at-home? = true [
        ;; if the person at home doesn't need rest
        ifelse rest-time = 0 [
          ;; set demand to a random value over the range
          set demand random person-max-demand

          let person-home house house-id
          ;; kill the link with previous target-store
          ask target-store[
            let link-with-person-home link-with person-home
            if link-with-person-home != nobody [ ask link-with-person-home [die] ]
          ]
          ;; calculate the best store, as per the unhappiness values
          set target-store-id best-store-option
          ;; update the target-store local variable as well
          set target-store store target-store-id
          ;; create a link between updated target-store and home of the person
          ask target-store[create-link-with  person-home ask link-with person-home [set color red]]

          ;; set at-home to false, set travelling-to-store to true
          set at-home? false
          set travelling-to-store? true]
        ;; otherwise if the person requires rest, then person stays at home and rest-time is decreased by 1
        [set rest-time rest-time - 1]
      ]
      ;; if the person is on its way to store
      travelling-to-store? = true[
          ;; if reached the store (that is when distance from store is less or equal to one)
          ifelse distance target-store <= 1[
          ;; move inside the shop
          setxy [xcor] of target-store [ycor] of target-store
          ;; travelling-to-store is set to false and at-store set to true
            set travelling-to-store? false
            set at-store? true ]
        ;; if still far from store, then face towards the store and move 1 step forward
            [ face target-store fd 1]
       ]
      ;; if the person is inside store
      at-store? = true [
        ;; try to get the demand fulfilled
        ifelse demand > 0 [
         ;; initialize the wait-time if the quantity at store is less than the demand of person
        if [quantity] of target-store < demand [ set wait-time floor (( demand - [quantity] of target-store ) / supply-rate) ]
          ;; increase the store visit count and total waiting time for the store accordingly
          set store-visit-count-list replace-item target-store-id store-visit-count-list (item target-store-id store-visit-count-list + 1)
          set store-total-waiting-time-list replace-item target-store-id store-total-waiting-time-list (item target-store-id store-total-waiting-time-list + wait-time)
          let person-demand demand
          ;; update the quantity at the store and the demand is fulfilled, set it to zero
          ask target-store[set quantity quantity - person-demand]
          set demand 0]
        [
        ;; if waiting is over
        ifelse wait-time = 0 [
            ;; move outside the store and get on way back to home
          set at-store? false
          set travelling-to-home? true]
          ;; if still needs to wait, decrease wait-time by 1
          [set wait-time wait-time - 1]]
      ]
      ;; if is travelling to home
      travelling-to-home? = true [
        ;; if reached near home
        ifelse (distancexy home-xcor home-ycor) <= 1 [
          ;; move inside home and set travelling to home as false
          setxy home-xcor home-ycor
          set travelling-to-home? false
          ;; set a rest-time uniform random in range 1 to person-max-rest-time
          set rest-time random person-max-rest-time
          set at-home? true ]
        ;; if far from home, face towards home and move forward one step
        [ facexy home-xcor home-ycor fd 1]]
     )
end 

;; display the inner influence circle for the calling store-agent

to display-inner-influence-circles
  ask stores [
    let distance-influence inner-influence-radius
    stamp-circle "circle" distance-influence
  ]
end 

;; display the outer influence circles for the calling store-agent

to display-outer-influence-circles
    ask stores [
    let distance-influence outer-influence-radius
    stamp-circle "circle 3" distance-influence
  ]
end 

;; to draw the influence circles on the grid
;; it stamps a shape of given size as "distance-influence * 2"
;; parameters are drawing-shape, the shape of the stamp, distance-influence, the radius in case of circles

to stamp-circle [drawing-shape distance-influence]
  ;; store-xcor and store-ycor stores the coordinates of the current store
  let store-xcor xcor
  let store-ycor ycor
  ;; ask the patch-here to create a circle turle, then stamp and then die
  ask patch-here[
    sprout 1[
      ;; set the center of the turtle at the store
      setxy store-xcor store-ycor
      set shape drawing-shape
      ;; lighten the shade of the color
      set color color + 1
      ;; make the turtle half transparent
      set color lput 125 extract-rgb color
      ;; set appropriate turtle-size for the
      set size 2 * ( distance-influence )
      ;; mark the color impression of the turtle and make it die
      stamp
      die
    ]
  ]
end 

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