public bool inform(Agent a, bool USE_OTHER_MODEL)
{
//Check if we already met this guy
if (!concepts.ContainsKey(a.Name))
{
concepts[a.Name] = new Agent(a.Name);
}
//Randomize our beliefs
Random rnd = new Random();
IEnumerable <Relation> shuffledBeliefs = beliefs.OrderBy((r) => { return(rnd.Next()); });
//Tell him something
Agent interlocutor = concepts[a.Name] as Agent;
RelationComparer rComp = new RelationComparer();
foreach (Relation r in shuffledBeliefs)
{
if (USE_OTHER_MODEL)
{
if (!interlocutor.beliefs.Contains(r, rComp))
{
//We can say something that he doesn't know
Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " think & says to " + interlocutor.Name + " : " + r.asSentence());
a.considerInformation(r, new List <Agent>(), this);
//We consider that now he knows
updateOtherRepresentation(interlocutor.Name, r);
return(true);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " says to " + interlocutor.Name + " : " + r.asSentence());
a.considerInformation(r, new List <Agent>(), this);
//We consider that now he knows
updateOtherRepresentation(interlocutor.Name, r);
return(true);
}
}
//Nothing to say
Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " think & and has nothing to say to " + interlocutor.Name);
return(false);
}
public bool inform(IEnumerable <Agent> group, bool USE_OTHER_MODEL)
{
//Check if we already met this guy
foreach (Agent a in group)
{
if (!concepts.ContainsKey(a.Name))
{
concepts[a.Name] = new Agent(a.Name);
}
}
//Rank our beliefs according to how rarely they are spread around
RelationComparer rComp = new RelationComparer();
Random rnd = new Random();
Dictionary <Relation, int> rankedBeliefs = new Dictionary <Relation, int>();
Relation bestRelation = null;
foreach (Relation r in beliefs)
{
rankedBeliefs[r] = 0;
if (USE_OTHER_MODEL)
{
foreach (Agent a in group)
{
Agent otherRepresentation = concepts[a.Name] as Agent;
if (!otherRepresentation.beliefs.Contains(r, rComp))
{
rankedBeliefs[r]++;
}
}
}
else
{
rankedBeliefs[r] = rnd.Next();
}
if (bestRelation == null || rankedBeliefs[bestRelation] < rankedBeliefs[r])
{
bestRelation = r;
}
}
//Tell the relation that is the less know
if (rankedBeliefs[bestRelation] != 0)
{
//Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " hope to inform " + rankedBeliefs[bestRelation] + " agents by saying " + bestRelation.asSentence());
int reallyInformed = 0;
foreach (Agent a in group)
{
Agent otherRepresentation = concepts[a.Name] as Agent;
//We can say something that he doesn't know
if (a.considerInformation(bestRelation, group, this))
{
reallyInformed++;
}
//We consider that now he knows
updateOtherRepresentation(otherRepresentation.Name, bestRelation);
}
//Console.WriteLine(this.Name + "really informed " + reallyInformed + " agents");
}
else
{
//Nothing to say
//Console.WriteLine(this.Name + " think & and has nothing to say");
}
return(false);
}
