WSC Solar Race Simulation

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WHAT IS IT?

This program is a simple simulator for the World Solar Challenge. Many things are simplified, and control stops are completely ignored. See the associated blog post for a more detailed explanation: http://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/simulating-the-world-solar-challenge/

HOW TO USE IT

The "Setup" button initialises the simulation, and the "Run" button begins the race. The three green sliders control the car speeds, while the standard slider at the top of the window can be used to speed up the simulation.

Note that the image file "ozmap1.png" is required and that the display will go black during the (simulated) night.

Comments and Questions

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For a detailed explanation, see the associated blog post at http://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/simulating-the-world-solar-challenge/

Posted over 10 years ago

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breed [ cars car ]

breed [ waypoints waypoint ]

undirected-link-breed [ roads road ]

globals [ car1 car2 car3 car-colors day hour night?
          wh-coeff waypoint-coords start-grid start-time conditions
          ticks-per-hour km-per-patch initial-battery battery-max ]

patches-own [ old-color ]

cars-own [ car-speed battery goals km-done hours-done history ]

to setup
  clear-all
  let fname "ozmap1.png"
  ifelse (file-exists? fname)
    [ import-pcolors fname ]
    [ user-message (word "The file \"" fname "\" is needed for map display")
      ask patches [ set pcolor brown ]
    ]
    
  set waypoint-coords [ [ 53 91 "Darwin" ] [ 56 86 "Katherine" ] [ 60 72 "Tennant Ck" ] [ 62 62 "Alice Springs" ]  [ 67 45 "Coober Pedy" ]  [ 74 26 "Finish" ] ]
  let last-waypoint nobody
  foreach waypoint-coords [
    create-waypoints 1 [
      setxy (item 0 ?) (item 1 ?)
      set color red
      set shape "circle"
      set size 2
      if (last-waypoint != nobody) [ create-road-with last-waypoint [ set color red ] ]
      set last-waypoint self
    ]
  ]

  set wh-coeff (list -47.619 2.6927 -0.038214 0.00018056)
  set start-grid (item 0 waypoint-coords)
  set conditions [ "sunny" "hazy" "sunny" "cloudy" "sunny" ]
  set ticks-per-hour 60
  set start-time 8
  set km-per-patch (2996 / (sum [ link-length ] of roads))
  set battery-max 5000
  set initial-battery battery-max
  set night? false
  
     
  create-cars 3 [
    set shape "car"
    setxy (item 0 start-grid) (item 1 start-grid)
    set goals (but-first waypoint-coords)
    let wp (item 0 goals)
    facexy (item 0 wp) (item 1 wp)
    set heading 90
    set size 5
    set label-color white
    set battery initial-battery
    set km-done 0
    set hours-done 0
    set car-speed 0
    set history ""
  ]
  
  set car-colors [ blue green pink ]
  let car-list (sort cars)
  (foreach car-list (n-values 3 [ ? ]) [
     ask ?1 [
       set label (?2 + 1)
       set color (item ?2 car-colors)
     ]
  ])
  set car1 (item 0 car-list)
  set car2 (item 1 car-list)
  set car3 (item 2 car-list)
  reset-ticks
end 

to-report watts-input-for-time [ t d ]
  let max-solar 1200
  let weather (weather-for-day d)
  ifelse (weather = "hazy")
    [ set max-solar 1000 ]
    [ if (weather = "cloudy") [ set max-solar 800 ] ]
       
  ifelse (t <= 6 or t >= 18.5)
    [ report 0 ]
    [ let a (cos ((t - 12.25) * 180 / 12.5))
      let b (max-solar * a)
      ifelse (t >= 8 and t <= 17)
        [ report b ]
        [ report 2 * b ]
    ]
end 

to-report wh-per-km-for-speed [ s ]
  report sum (map [ ?1 * ?2 ] wh-coeff (list 1 s (s * s) (s * s * s)))
end 

to-report battery-pc
  report battery * 100 / battery-max
end 

to-report relative-hours-done
  report hours-done - km-done / 80
end 

to-report weather-for-day [ d ]
  ifelse (d >= length conditions)
    [ report "cloudy" ]
    [ report (item d conditions) ]
end 

to-report nice-time [ t d long-form ]
  let h (floor t)
  let m ((hour - h) * 60)
  let m1 (floor (m / 10))
  let m2 (floor (m - m1 * 10))
  let weather-text ""
  let day-text (word " [" (d + 1) "]")
  if (long-form) [
    set weather-text (word " (" (weather-for-day d) ")")
    set day-text (word ", day " (d + 1))
  ]
  report (word h ":" m1 m2 day-text weather-text)
end 

to-report run-tick [ t d ]
  let w (watts-input-for-time t d)
  set battery (battery + w / ticks-per-hour)
  
  ifelse (t < 8 or t > 17 or goals = [])
    [ set car-speed 0
      if (battery > battery-max) [ set battery battery-max ]
      report 0
    ]
    [ set car-speed (ifelse-value (self = car1) [ speed1 ] [ ifelse-value (self = car2) [ speed2 ] [ speed3 ] ])
      let wd (wh-per-km-for-speed car-speed)
      let dist (car-speed / ticks-per-hour)
      while [ wd * dist > battery ] [
        set car-speed (car-speed - 1)
        set wd (wh-per-km-for-speed car-speed)
        set dist (car-speed / ticks-per-hour)
      ]
      set battery (battery - wd * dist)
      if (battery > battery-max) [ set battery battery-max ]
      set km-done (km-done + dist)
      set hours-done (hours-done + 1 / ticks-per-hour)
      report dist
    ]
end 

to go  ;; single simulation step
  let h (start-time + (ticks / ticks-per-hour))
  set day (floor (h / 24))
  set hour (h - 24 * day)
  
  if (hour >= 6 and night?) [
    set night? false
    ask patches [ set pcolor old-color ]
  ]
  if (hour >= 18.5 and not night?) [
    set night? true
    ask patches [ set old-color pcolor set pcolor black ]
  ]
  
  ask cars [
    let dist (run-tick hour day)
    while [ dist > 0 and goals != [] ] [
      let wp (item 0 goals)
      let d0 (km-per-patch * distancexy (item 0 wp) (item 1 wp))
      facexy (item 0 wp) (item 1 wp)
      ifelse (dist < d0)
        [ forward (dist / km-per-patch)
          set dist 0
        ]
        [ set dist (dist - d0)
          let z (word (item 2 wp) ": " (nice-time hour day false))
          ifelse (history = "")
            [ set history z ]
            [ set history (word history "; " z) ]
          set goals (but-first goals)
        ]
    ]
  ]
  if (count cars with [ goals != [] ] = 0) [ stop ]
  tick
end 

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