Model initialisation

MtM ABM description

No further detail seems necessary on the initialisation processes beyond the sequence shown in the flow chart below.¹

flowchart TB
  A((START))
  B[Read land uses and<br>interventions from files]
  C{Geography<br>from GIS<br>files?}
  D[Setup LUC<br>on land]
  E[Partition land<br>into farms]
  F[Read LUC<br>from <span style='font-family:monospace;'>luc.asc</span>]
  G[Read farms<br>from <span style='font-family:monospace;'>parcels.shp</span>]
  H[Initialise farmers<br>one per farm]
  I[Partition farms by LUC<br>into holdings]
  J[Initialise market<br>settings from files]
  K[Run one cycle]
  L[Store settings<br>for rapid reset]
  M((END))
  A --> B
  B --> C
  C -->|N| D
  D --> E
  E --> H
  C -->|Y| F
  F --> G
  G --> H
  H --> I
  I --> J
  J --> K
  K --> L
  L --> M

Update History

Date	Changes
2025-02-19	Initial post.

Footnotes

1. It is worth noting that there are some tricky sequencing issues in the setup which make the associated code a little ‘fragile’ with some obvious-seeming changes for ‘efficiency’ likely to break the model! (These are noted in code comments.)