Primitive( )

Stores data related to agent primitives. Do not instantiate directly; instead, use model.addPrimitive(). Most of the properties of the Primitive object correspond to arguments of that function.

Properties

• class_ — Class

  The class used to instantiate the primitive object. Should subclass baseAgent.

• plural — str

  Stores the plural name of the primitive. Generated by appending 's' to the name unless otherwise specified in model.addPrimitive().

• priority — int

  The execution order of the primitive in relation to the others during the model step. Lower numbers step first.

• order — str|list[str]

  The order in which the agents within the primitive should be stepped, if different from the global agent ordering specified in model.order. Can take the same values, namely 'linear', ''random', 'match', and 'match-n', or a list of strings corresponding to the stages of the model.

• breeds — dict{str:Breed}

  A dict of Breed objects, storing data on the breeds of the primitive in question.

• breedParams — dict{str:Param}

  A dict of Param objects, storing data on the per-breed parameters of the primitive in question.