Traffic with lane changing

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traffic 

Tagged by Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago

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globals [
  loop-counter
  roads
  lane-ycord
  west-lane-one
  west-lane-two
  east-lane-one
  east-lane-two
  max-speed-limit
  min-speed-limit
  lead-car
  lead-car-moves
  prev-xcor
  prev-ycor
  car-ahead
]

breed [ dividers divider ]
breed [ cars car ]


cars-own [
  speed        
  lane
  previous-x        
  agressive?   
]

to setup
  clear-all
  setup-display
  set max-speed-limit 1
  set min-speed-limit 0
  setup-cars
  watch lead-car
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  ask lead-car [ set prev-xcor xcor  set prev-ycor ycor ]
  cars-drive
  tick
  ask lead-car [ set lead-car-moves (lead-car-moves + distancexy prev-xcor prev-ycor) ]
;  plot-data
end 

to cars-drive
  ask cars [
    ifelse (any? vehicles-directly-ahead) [
      let new-lane try-change-lane
      if (new-lane = nobody) [ ; couldn't change lane
        set speed [ speed ] of vehicle-directly-ahead
        slow-down ] ; so slow down 
    ] [
      speed-up ; else speed up
    ]
    forward speed
  ]
end 

to-report try-change-lane
  if (divider?) [
    report nobody ; no lane changing allowed
  ]
  let dist abs(previous-x - xcor)
  if (dist > 0 and dist < 5) [
    report nobody ; make a car that just changed lane wait before going back
  ]
  if (not agressive?) [
    report nobody
  ]
  let open-patch change-to-fast-lane
  if (open-patch != nobody) [
    report open-patch
  ]
  report change-to-slow-lane
end 

to-report change-to-fast-lane
  let y 0
  let on-left patch-left-and-ahead 90 2
  ask on-left [
    set y abs(pycor)
  ]
  if (y = 2 and not any? cars-on on-left) [
    set previous-x xcor
    set label (label + 1)
    move-to on-left
    report on-left
  ]
  report nobody
end 

to-report change-to-slow-lane
  let y 0
  let on-right patch-right-and-ahead 90 2
  ask on-right [
    set y abs(pycor)
  ]
  if (y = 4 and not any? cars-on on-right) [
    set previous-x xcor
    set label (label + 1)
    move-to on-right
    report on-right
  ]
  report nobody
end 

to-report vehicles-directly-ahead
  ifelse (agressive?) [
    report cars-on patch-ahead 1  
  ] [
    report (turtle-set (cars-on patch-ahead 1) (cars-on patch-ahead buffer))  
  ]
end 

to-report vehicle-directly-ahead
  report one-of vehicles-directly-ahead
end 

to setup-cars 
  set-default-shape turtles "car-west"
  set west-lane-one 2
  set west-lane-two 4
  setup-traffic 270 west-lane-one west-lane-two
  
  set east-lane-one -2
  set east-lane-two -4
  set-default-shape turtles "car-east"
  setup-traffic 90 east-lane-one east-lane-two
  
  set lead-car one-of cars
  ask lead-car [ 
    set color red
    if (not divider?) [
      set agressive? true
      set label 0
    ]
  ]
end 

to setup-traffic [ direction fast-lane slow-lane ]
  create-cars total-cars [
    set color one-of [ 5 27 36 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135 ] ; skip red
    set heading direction
    ifelse ((random 2) = 0) [ 
      set lane-ycord fast-lane
    ] [ 
      set lane-ycord slow-lane
    ]
    setxy random-xcor lane-ycord  
    
    set agressive? false
    if (not divider?) [
      set previous-x max-pxcor
      if ((random 5) = 0) [ ; roughly 1 in 5 get to be lane changers
        set agressive? true
        set label 0
      ]
    ]

    set speed 0.1 + random-float 0.9
;    set speed random max-speed-limit

    avoid-collision
    ;locate-empty-road-spot
  ]
end 

to avoid-collision
  set loop-counter (loop-counter + 1)
  let max-iterations 100
;  let cars-near (turtle-set (turtles-on patch-ahead 1) (turtles-here) (turtles-on patch-ahead -1))
;  if any? other cars-near [ 
  if any? other cars-here [
    forward random 3
    if (loop-counter < 100) [
      avoid-collision
    ]
  ]
end 

to locate-empty-road-spot
  move-to one-of roads with [ not any? turtles-on self ]
end 

to speed-up  ; car procedure
  ifelse speed >= (max-speed-limit + random-float .2)
    [ set speed max-speed-limit ]
    [ set speed speed + car-acceleration ]
end 

to slow-down  ; car procedure
  set speed (speed - car-deceleration)
  if speed < min-speed-limit [ 
    set speed min-speed-limit 
  ]
end 

to setup-display
  setup-median
  setup-dividers
  setup-grass
end 

to setup-median
  ask patches [ 
    if (pycor = 0) 
    [ set pcolor yellow ]
  ]
end 

to setup-dividers
  let c max-pycor / 2
  setup-divider c
  setup-divider (- c)
end 

to setup-divider [ y ]
  create-dividers 1 [
    set shape "line"
    set color white   ; lanes on California roads are white
    setxy min-pxcor y ; start on the far left
    set heading 90    ; draw towards the right
  ]
  let line-length 2   ; default
  let line-spacing 1  ; default
  if (divider?) [     ; user can choose if cars are allowed to change lanes
    set line-length 1
    set line-spacing 0
  ]
  ; ask dividers [
  ;   paint-line line-length line-spacing
  ;   while [ xcor > min-pxcor ] [
  ;     paint-line line-length line-spacing
  ;   ]  
  ; ]
  ; this is cleaner than the above
  repeat (world-width / (line-length + line-spacing)) [
    ask dividers [
      paint-line line-length line-spacing
    ]
  ]
  ask dividers [ die ] ; don't need the line painting agents any longer
end 

to paint-line [ line-length line-spacing ] 
  pen-down
  forward line-length
  pen-up
  forward line-spacing
end 

to setup-grass
  ask patches [
    if (pycor > (max-pycor - 1) or pycor < (min-pycor + 1))
    [ set pcolor green ]
  ]
end 

There are 5 versions of this model.

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Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago Comments and cleanup Download this version
Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago Minor edits Download this version
Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago Improved logic to prevent excessive lane changes Download this version
Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago Made "Red" car "aggressive" ie able to change lanes/ Download this version
Carl Edwards almost 12 years ago Initial upload Download this version

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