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Aybars at 06:27, 3 December 2007

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	Today I went to Jim's office hours. It seems that 'colorsreligious' and 'colorreligiouseffect' values are building in a particular type of behavior into the program. Thus, in this case, global behavior is not resulting from local behavior as it should. So we decided to take the parts I added about those two variables out. I will still discuss those values in the paper, in the failed experiments section (or in some section with some similar name).		Today I went to Jim's office hours. It seems that 'colorsreligious' and 'colorreligiouseffect' values are building in a particular type of behavior into the program. Thus, in this case, global behavior is not resulting from local behavior as it should. So we decided to take the parts I added about those two variables out. I will still discuss those values in the paper, in the failed experiments section (or in some section with some similar name).

	Anyway, there are ~~two pieces of~~ good news though. First is that we have an alternative idea that, we think, will result in a similar effect with 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values but from local behavior this time. Basically, we will add a switch and a slider to slow down the transfer of religion between cells of two different colors. Jim also gave me some formulae to think about.		Anyway, there are good news though. First is that we have an alternative idea that, we think, will result in a similar effect with 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values but from local behavior this time. Basically, we will add a switch and a slider to slow down the transfer of religion between cells of two different colors. Jim also gave me some formulae to think about. Furthermore, Jim told me that he thinks after we add these last changes, the project will be pretty much done.

	In the evening, I concentrated on preparing for my presentation (I prepared some notes and presented about three times to my bedroom.		In the evening, I concentrated on preparing for my presentation (I prepared some notes and presented about three times to my bedroom.

Aybars at 06:18, 3 December 2007

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	sum values-from neighbors with [colorred = 1] [heardvalue]		sum values-from neighbors with [colorred = 1] [heardvalue]

	'''[[December 1-2]]'''		'''[[December 1 & 2]]'''
	I added the 'environmentorself' slider. This allows the user to choose the weight of the heardvalue of the cell versus the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors. If 'differenttransferrates' switch is on, then the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors of the same color is also added into the equation. If the slider is 0, the heardvalue of the cell depends only on itself, which means basically, the heardvalue is not affected from the environment. 100 means, when the heardvalue is being reassigned (in the next tick of the cellular automaton's clock), the former heardvalue is not considered, but only the heardvalues of the neighbors. If it is 50, these values are equally considered, and so on.		I added the 'environmentorself' slider. This allows the user to choose the weight of the heardvalue of the cell versus the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors. If 'differenttransferrates' switch is on, then the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors of the same color is also added into the equation. If the slider is 0, the heardvalue of the cell depends only on itself, which means basically, the heardvalue is not affected from the environment. 100 means, when the heardvalue is being reassigned (in the next tick of the cellular automaton's clock), the former heardvalue is not considered, but only the heardvalues of the neighbors. If it is 50, these values are equally considered, and so on.

	'''[[December 3]]'''		'''[[December 3]]'''
	I worked on debugging these functions and tested some of them under different conditions.		I worked on debugging these functions and tested some of them under different conditions.

Aybars at 06:18, 3 December 2007

2007-12-03T06:18:34Z

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	Similarly, the sum of heardvalues of the neighbors, those of which that are red, is:		Similarly, the sum of heardvalues of the neighbors, those of which that are red, is:
	sum values-from neighbors with [colorred = 1] [heardvalue]		sum values-from neighbors with [colorred = 1] [heardvalue]

			'''[[December 1-2]]'''
			I added the 'environmentorself' slider. This allows the user to choose the weight of the heardvalue of the cell versus the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors. If 'differenttransferrates' switch is on, then the sum of the heardvalues of the neighbors of the same color is also added into the equation. If the slider is 0, the heardvalue of the cell depends only on itself, which means basically, the heardvalue is not affected from the environment. 100 means, when the heardvalue is being reassigned (in the next tick of the cellular automaton's clock), the former heardvalue is not considered, but only the heardvalues of the neighbors. If it is 50, these values are equally considered, and so on.

			'''[[December 3]]'''
			I worked on debugging these functions and tested some of them under different conditions.

Aybars at 05:55, 3 December 2007

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	'''[[November 28 & 30]]'''		'''[[November 28 & 30]]'''
	I added the 'differenttransferrates' switch. When it is on, the rate for inter-color religion transfer changes. The 'transferrate' slider sets how much exactly this rate is. When 'transferrate' is 0, there is no difference between transfers. Basically, it becomes the same as if 'differenttransferrates' switch is off. When it is 100, religion is transferred only between the cells of same color. The higher the number is, the harder it is for religion to transfer from one cell of one color to another.		I added the 'differenttransferrates' switch. When it is on, the rate for inter-color religion transfer changes. The 'transferrate' slider sets how much exactly this rate is. When 'transferrate' is 0, there is no difference between transfers. Basically, it becomes the same as if 'differenttransferrates' switch is off. When it is 100, religion is transferred only between the cells of same color. The higher the number is, the harder it is for religion to transfer from one cell of one color to another.

			This took me some time to figure out though. The problem was, I knew how to add some particular value of all neighbors, but I did not know how to add some particular value of some particular type of neighbors. Eventually, I found out the 'with [<condition>]' phrase.

			So, for example, the sum of heardvalues of the neighbors is:
			sum values-from neighbors [heardvalue]

			Similarly, the sum of heardvalues of the neighbors, those of which that are red, is:
			sum values-from neighbors with [colorred = 1] [heardvalue]

Aybars at 05:35, 3 December 2007

2007-12-03T05:35:34Z

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	Today I went to Jim's office hours. It seems that 'colorsreligious' and 'colorreligiouseffect' values are building in a particular type of behavior into the program. Thus, in this case, global behavior is not resulting from local behavior as it should. So we decided to take the parts I added about those two variables out. I will still discuss those values in the paper, in the failed experiments section (or in some section with some similar name).		Today I went to Jim's office hours. It seems that 'colorsreligious' and 'colorreligiouseffect' values are building in a particular type of behavior into the program. Thus, in this case, global behavior is not resulting from local behavior as it should. So we decided to take the parts I added about those two variables out. I will still discuss those values in the paper, in the failed experiments section (or in some section with some similar name).

	Anyway, there are two pieces of good news though. First is that we have an alternative idea that, we think, will result in a similar effect with 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values but from local behavior this time. Basically, we will add a switch and a slider to slow down the transfer of religion between cells of two different colors.		Anyway, there are two pieces of good news though. First is that we have an alternative idea that, we think, will result in a similar effect with 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values but from local behavior this time. Basically, we will add a switch and a slider to slow down the transfer of religion between cells of two different colors. Jim also gave me some formulae to think about.

	In the evening, I concentrated on preparing for my presentation (I prepared some notes and presented about three times to my bedroom.		In the evening, I concentrated on preparing for my presentation (I prepared some notes and presented about three times to my bedroom.
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	'''[[November 27]]'''		'''[[November 27]]'''
	I presented what has been going on so far. I only mentioned and did not elaborate on the 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values as we are going to take them out.		I presented what has been going on so far. I only mentioned and did not elaborate on the 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values as we are going to take them out.

			'''[[November 28 & 30]]'''
			I added the 'differenttransferrates' switch. When it is on, the rate for inter-color religion transfer changes. The 'transferrate' slider sets how much exactly this rate is. When 'transferrate' is 0, there is no difference between transfers. Basically, it becomes the same as if 'differenttransferrates' switch is off. When it is 100, religion is transferred only between the cells of same color. The higher the number is, the harder it is for religion to transfer from one cell of one color to another.

Aybars at 02:40, 3 December 2007

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	'''[[November 25]]'''		'''[[November 25]]'''
	Tonight, I am concentrating on my presentation only.		Tonight, I am concentrating on my presentation only.

			'''[[November 26]]'''
			Today I went to Jim's office hours. It seems that 'colorsreligious' and 'colorreligiouseffect' values are building in a particular type of behavior into the program. Thus, in this case, global behavior is not resulting from local behavior as it should. So we decided to take the parts I added about those two variables out. I will still discuss those values in the paper, in the failed experiments section (or in some section with some similar name).

			Anyway, there are two pieces of good news though. First is that we have an alternative idea that, we think, will result in a similar effect with 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values but from local behavior this time. Basically, we will add a switch and a slider to slow down the transfer of religion between cells of two different colors.

			In the evening, I concentrated on preparing for my presentation (I prepared some notes and presented about three times to my bedroom.

			'''[[November 27]]'''
			I presented what has been going on so far. I only mentioned and did not elaborate on the 'colorsreligious' and 'colorsreligiouseffect' values as we are going to take them out.

Aybars at 03:40, 26 November 2007

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	Outputs:		Outputs:
	Visual output only		Visual output only

			'''[[November 24]]'''
			At last, I have implemented this color-to-religion relation. First, I added a second graph to the user interface. So, other than the main 'results' graph object, we now also have the 'Color by religion' graph. Of course, to be able to add such a graph, I ended up needing to add some extra lines of code and many variables.

			Then I moved onto the 'colorsreligious?' switch. When this switch is on, at each tick of the main clock, the average heardvalue of each color is calculated. Then this value is placed into a formula. The formula is:

			average heardvalue = (((colorsreligiouseffect - 1) * <heardvalue of the current patch>) + (<total of heardvalues of the cells of the same color with this cell> + <the number of cells that are of the same color with this cell>)) / colorreligiouseffect

			here, colorreligiouseffect being a user-defined value, defined by means of a slider placed on the graphical user interface.

			Hence, if colorreligious effect is 10, this means, a cell's religion is defined by the sum of 9 units of its own heardvalue and 1 unit of its color's average heardvalue divided by 10. Thus, this number is inversely proportional to the effect of the cell's color's heardvalue's effect on the cell's heardvalue.

			All these, it seems, is going to be good amount of material for the presentation.

			'''[[November 25]]'''
			Tonight, I am concentrating on my presentation only.

Aybars at 01:35, 26 November 2007

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	'''[[November 17-19]]'''		'''[[November 17-19]]'''
	Jim wanted me to keep looking for still more companies, plus, these days I will be working on the implementation of the stuff. Even more, I have to keep thinking about the paper and upcoming presentations.		Jim wanted me to keep looking for still more companies, plus, these days I will be working on the implementation of the stuff. Even more, I have to keep thinking about the paper and upcoming presentations.

			Jim also wanted me to add the religion-only option, where the simulator can demonstrate only religious segregation. The simulator had an option to have religion or not (when there is no religion, it becomes the basic color segregation). Now, when the new religion-only option is activated, all the people become of blue color, and all the newcomers become blue also, so there is only religious segregation left.

	'''[[November 20-22]]'''		'''[[November 20-22]]'''
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	however, this created a large problem, as later on I realized that switches return 'true' or 'false' and not '1' and '0' as I thought they would. Eventually I found a way to get around this problem.		however, this created a large problem, as later on I realized that switches return 'true' or 'false' and not '1' and '0' as I thought they would. Eventually I found a way to get around this problem.

			Plus, I think the 'majorityoverall' value,

	'''[[November 23]]'''		'''[[November 23]]'''

Aybars at 01:30, 26 November 2007

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	however, this created a large problem, as later on I realized that switches return 'true' or 'false' and not '1' and '0' as I thought they would. Eventually I found a way to get around this problem.		however, this created a large problem, as later on I realized that switches return 'true' or 'false' and not '1' and '0' as I thought they would. Eventually I found a way to get around this problem.

			'''[[November 23]]'''
			Here are a few extra parameter listings I sent Jim:

			Visulalising Segregation: Segregation Simulator, Version 2
			URL:
			http://www.dartmouth.edu/~segregation/version2.html

			Parameters:
			City grid size
			Number of colors (2 or 3)
			Population percentages (how much vacant, red and blue)
			Maximum radius (2, 5, 10, 20, Unlimited)

			Outputs:
			A bunch of segregation indices/some ratios

			Segregation simulator - small
			URL:
			http://www.wayner.org/texts/seg/012298segregate-sim2.html

			Parameters:
			Mouse Draws: Red blocks, blue blocks, empty blocks, closed blocks
			Neighbor comfort threshold: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
			Neighborhood Radius: 1 or 2

			Outputs:
			Visual output only

Aybars at 01:29, 26 November 2007

2007-11-26T01:29:26Z

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	majority in the neighborhood they are in		majority in the neighborhood they are in

	'''[[November 17]]'''		'''[[November 17-19]]'''
	Jim wanted me to keep looking for still more companies, plus, these days I will be working on the implementation of the stuff. Even more, I have to keep thinking about the paper and upcoming presentations.		Jim wanted me to keep looking for still more companies, plus, these days I will be working on the implementation of the stuff. Even more, I have to keep thinking about the paper and upcoming presentations.

			'''[[November 20-22]]'''
			As I explained before, one of my problems was adding sliders and switches into the graphical user interface. Any object that had an 'i' letter in it, was causing problems as a result of Turkish/English Windows differences. Anyway, I opened the file with Wordpad, and realized that the file format was human readable. So, I added some sliders, monitors and switches, which I edited later on from the inside of the program. I will totally finish the graphical user interface as soon as I come up with all the variables.

			For now, I have a bunch of switches. While adding them, I came across some other types of problems. For example, I was always using the form

			if (<variable name> = 1)

			however, this created a large problem, as later on I realized that switches return 'true' or 'false' and not '1' and '0' as I thought they would. Eventually I found a way to get around this problem.