Intelligent Systems Experiment: Schelling Isolation Model Simulation

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import itertools
import random
import copy


class Schelling:
    def __init__(self, width, height, empty_ratio, similarity_threshold, n_iterations, races=2):
        self.old_agents = None
        self. remaining_houses = None
        self.n_empty = None
        self.all_houses = None
        self. width = width
        self. height = height
        self.races = races
        self.empty_ratio = empty_ratio
        self. similarity_threshold = similarity_threshold
        self.n_iterations = n_iterations
        self.empty_houses = []
        self. agents = {}

    def populate(self):
        self.all_houses = list(itertools.product(range(self.width), range(self.height)))
        random.shuffle(self.all_houses)

        self.n_empty = int(self.empty_ratio * len(self.all_houses))
        self.empty_houses = self.all_houses[:self.n_empty]

        self.remaining_houses = self.all_houses[self.n_empty:]
        houses_by_race = [self. remaining_houses[i::self. races] for i in range(self. races)]
        for i in range(self.races):
            self. agents = dict(
                list(self.agents.items()) + list(dict(zip(houses_by_race[i], [i + 1] * len(houses_by_race[i]))).items()))

    def is_unsatisfied(self, x, y):
        race = self. agents[(x, y)]
        count_similar = 0
        count_different = 0

        if x > 0 and y > 0 and (x - 1, y - 1) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x - 1, y - 1)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if y > 0 and (x, y - 1) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x, y - 1)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if x < (self.width - 1) and y > 0 and (x + 1, y - 1) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x + 1, y - 1)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if x > 0 and (x - 1, y) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x - 1, y)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if x < (self.width - 1) and (x + 1, y) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x + 1, y)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if x > 0 and y < (self. height - 1) and (x - 1, y + 1) not in self. empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x - 1, y + 1)] == race:
                count_similar += 1
            else:
                count_different += 1
        if x > 0 and y < (self. height - 1) and (x, y + 1) not in self. empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x, y + 1)] == race:
                    count_similar += 1
            else:
                    count_different += 1
        if x < (self.width - 1) and y < (self.height - 1) and (x + 1, y + 1) not in self.empty_houses:
            if self. agents[(x + 1, y + 1)] == race:
                    count_similar += 1
            else:
                    count_different += 1

        if (count_similar + count_different) == 0:
            return False
        else:
            return float(count_similar) / (count_different + count_similar) < self. happy_threshold

    def update(self):

        for i in range(self. n_iterations):
            self.old_agents = copy.deepcopy(self.agents)
            n_changes = 0
            for agent in self.old_agents:
                agent_race = self. agents[agent]
                empty_house = random.choice(self.empty_houses)
                self.agents[empty_house] = agent_race
                del self. agents[agent]
                self.empty_houses.remove(empty_house)
                self.empty_houses.append(agent)
                n_changes += 1
            print(n_changes)
            if n_changes == 0:
                break

    def plot(self, title, file_name):
        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
        # If you want to simulate more than 7 colors, you should set accordingly
        agent_colors = {1: 'b', 2: 'r', 3: 'g', 4: 'c', 5: 'm', 6: 'y' , 7: 'k'}
        for agent in self. agents:
            ax.scatter(agent[0] + 0.5, agent[1] + 0.5, color=agent_colors[self.agents[agent]])

        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=10, fontweight='bold')
        ax.set_xlim([0, self.width])
        ax.set_ylim([0, self.height])
        ax. set_xticks([])
        ax. set_yticks([])
        plt. savefig(file_name)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    Schelling_1 = Schelling(50, 50, 0.3, 0.3, 500, 2)
    schelling_1.populate()

    Schelling_2 = Schelling(50, 50, 0.3, 0.5, 500, 2)
    schelling_2.populate()

    Schelling_3 = Schelling(50, 50, 0.3, 0.8, 500, 2)
    schelling_3.populate()
    schelling_1.plot('Schelling Model with 2 colors: Initial State', 'schelling_2_initial.png')

    schelling_1. update()
    schelling_2. update()
    schelling_3. update()

    schelling_1.plot('Schelling Model with 2 colors: Final State with Similarity Threshold 30%',
                     'schelling_2_30_final.png')
    schelling_2.plot('Schelling Model with 2 colors: Final State with Similarity Threshold 50%',
                     'schelling_2_50_final.png')
    schelling_3.plot('Schelling Model with 2 colors: Final State with Similarity Threshold 80%',
                     'schelling_2_80_final.png')

operation result