Fish Pair Interactions - Conformity and Aggression

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Vishwanath Varma (Author)

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turtles-own [ speed
  neighbor
  plasticity
  aggression
  a-countdown
]

breed [ fishes fish ]

to setup
  clear-all
  reset-ticks
  create-fishes 1
  [
    set size 2
    set speed boldness1 + random-normal 0 0.1
    set a-countdown 0
    ifelse boldness1 = 1 [
      set plasticity 0.005 + random-normal 0 0.001 ]
    [ set plasticity 0.0035 + random-normal 0 0.001 ]
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]

  create-fishes 1
  [
    set size 2
    set speed boldness2 + random-normal 0 0.1
    set a-countdown 0
    ifelse boldness2 = 1 [
      set plasticity 0.005 + random-normal 0 0.001 ]
    [ set plasticity 0.0035 + random-normal 0 0.001 ]
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
end 

to go
  ask turtles [
    set neighbor one-of other turtles
    move
    chase-escape
    change-speed
  ]
  tick
end 

to move
  rt random 20
  lt random 20
  fd 1 * speed
end 

to chase-escape
  if distance neighbor < 5 and [ speed ] of self > [ speed ] of neighbor and a-countdown < 0 [
      set heading towards neighbor
      fd 1.5
      set aggression 1
      set a-countdown 10
  ]
  if distance neighbor < 3 and [ speed ] of self < [ speed ] of neighbor
    [ set heading [heading] of neighbor + random-normal 90 25
      fd 2
      set aggression 0 ]
  if distance neighbor > 5
    [ interact ]

  set a-countdown a-countdown - 1
end 

to interact
  if distance neighbor > 10 and any? other turtles in-cone 10 60 [
    set heading towards neighbor
    set heading heading + random-normal 0 20 ]
  if distance neighbor < 10
  [ set heading [heading] of neighbor + random-normal 0 20 ]
end 

to change-speed
  if distance neighbor < 5 [
    set speed speed + ([ speed ] of neighbor - [ speed ] of self) * plasticity + random-normal 0 0.001 ]

  if ([ speed ] of neighbor < [ speed ] of self) and distance neighbor < 10 [
    set speed speed + plasticity + random-normal 0 0.001
]
  if speed > 2 [
    set speed 2 ]
  if speed < 1 [
    set speed 1 ]
end

There is only one version of this model, created almost 6 years ago by Vishwanath Varma.

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