Hill Climbing Example

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Uri_dolphin3 Uri Wilensky (Author)

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Tagged by Reuven M. Lerner almost 12 years ago

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turtles-own
[
  peak? ;; indicates whether a turtle has reached a "peak",
        ;; that is, it can no longer go "uphill" from where it stands
]

to setup
  clear-all
  ;; make a landscape with hills and valleys
  ask n-of 100 patches [ set pcolor 120 ]
  ;; slightly smooth out the landscape
  repeat 20 [ diffuse pcolor 1 ]
  ;; put some turtles on patch centers in the landscape
  ask n-of 800 patches [
    sprout 1 [
      set peak? false
      set color red
      pen-down
    ]
  ]
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  ;; stop when all turtles are on peak
  if all? turtles [peak?]
    [ stop ]
  ask turtles [
    ;; remember where we started
    let old-patch patch-here
    ;; to use UPHILL, the turtles specify a patch variable
    uphill pcolor
    ;; are we still where we started? if so, we didn't
    ;; move, so we must be on a peak
    if old-patch = patch-here [ set peak? true ]
  ]
  tick
end 


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