>My model is working now, so thanks for all the suggestions so far. Still, I would like a run to stop after 10 steps, this is a parameter that the user can set in the UI, but I don't know how to pass it to the SimState...

Try changing this:

static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        SimState state = new SimulationEnvironment(System.currentTimeMillis());
        state.nameThread();
        doLoop(SimulationEnvironment.class, args);
        System.exit(0);
}


Into:

static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        int stepsPerSimulation = 10;
        int numberOfSimulations = 20;

        
        
        for(int i=0; i< numberOfSimulations; i++){
            SimState state = new SimulationEnvironment(System.currentTimeMillis());
            state.nameThread();
            state.start();
            for(int j=0; j< stepsPerSimulation; j++)
            {
                state.schedule.step(state);
            }
            state.finish();
        }
}

Or something similar.

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Simone Gabbriellini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello List,

I wrote some emails in the past months, thanks for the suggestions. The fact is that I am translating a complex model from C to Mason, and the scheduling thing is the one that puzzled me the most.

I think I have something more reliable now, which looks something like:

static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SimState state = new SimulationEnvironment(System.currentTimeMillis());

state.nameThread();
doLoop(SimulationEnvironment.class, args);
System.exit(0);
}

and a start() method like:

public void start() {
super.start();

marketSpace.clear();
// two Bag
capitalGoodFirms.clear();
consumptionGoodFirms.clear();

for (int i = 0; i < N1; i++) {
CapitalGoodFirm p = new CapitalGoodFirm();
p.setId(i);
marketSpace.setObjectLocation(p,

new Int2D(random.nextInt(marketSpace.getWidth()),
random.nextInt(marketSpace.getHeight())));
capitalGoodFirms.add(p);
}

for (int i = 0; i < N2; i++) {
ConsumptionGoodFirm p = new ConsumptionGoodFirm();
p.setId(i);
marketSpace.setObjectLocation(p,
new Int2D(random.nextInt(marketSpace.getWidth()),

random.nextInt(marketSpace.getHeight())));
consumptionGoodFirms.add(p);
}
// do some stuff just once
Initialize.initialize((SimulationEnvironment) this);

// what agents have to do at each step
schedule.scheduleRepeating(
new Steppable() {
@Override
public void step(SimState state) {

// this follows a bit the C structure I had, where different procedures
// were called and each of the procedure called both agents types
CallProcedureOne((SimulationEnvironment) state);

CallProcedureTwo((SimulationEnvironment) state);
...
}
}, 0, 1);
}

My model is working now, so thanks for all the suggestions so far. Still, I would like a run to stop after 10 steps, this is a parameter that the user can set in the UI, but I don't know how to pass it to the SimState...

I understand that from command line I can specify the maximum steps and the number of jobs, like do this simulation 20 times and each of the runs stops after 10 steps. What I am missing now is: is it possible to stop from the UI the simulation after x steps?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best,
Simone

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