Axelrod class documentation

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Software documentation for the Axelrod class

Axelrod : Citizen

Declared in:

Axelrod.h

Because a primary priority of this project is to replicate the culture model of Robert Axelrod, the Axelrod class is a subclass of Citizen that implements his model.

• -adjustOpinionAgainst:
• -bareLispOutDeep:
• -lispOutDeep:
• -selectADiscussantInPosition:

adjustOpinionAgainst: 

Axelrod method: If onlySelfAdjusts=1, then find a feature on which agents disagree and copy that from the other. If we are already identical, do nothing. This can be customized by setting onlySelfAdjusts=0, and then "onlyOneAdjusts=1" will randomly choose either agent to change one feature. If onlySelfAdjusts=0 and onlyOneAdjusts=0, then both can change to copy what the other used to think.

bareLispOutDeep: 

Subclasses need to archive variables in here, but we dont want to create an Axelrod class.

lispOutDeep: 

Save state of agent

selectADiscussantInPosition: 

The assumptions might be described bluntly: Tell a spot in the grid to grab a neighboring agent, and with probability equal to their similarity, interact with it. With probability "parochialism", randomly chooses a discussant from within current cell. Otherwise, with equal likelihood choose a neighbor. Then, with probability equal to agent's similarity with the other, choose that person for interaction. Otherwise, don't interact with anyone.