Feedback by TA, Ivo Steegstra

[IvoSte]

Feedback optional deadline 3

I really enjoyed the little masks on the faces of the agents, nice touch.

The readme could use some more work. I assume white is 'free move space'? That should be in the legend. Elaborate a bit more on the systems of your model -> what states can agents be in? What different behaviours do they follow? Why do some wear masks, what triggers it etcetera. You can be brief, but be comprehensive. It could also be good to include a legenda on the interface window of the model.

Being able to leave the shop seems like an integral part of the simulation. If all agents remain in the same room, they will all get infected eventually (almost) regardless of behaviour. Agents can be 'infected' and 'non-infected' in your model. Most disease simulations also have a third state: removed / immune. After a time agents that have been infected recover and become (partially) immune, this is an important dynamic in these types of simulations. If you choose not to include it, justify why. Otherwise, its fairly trivial to implement.

You chose to draw the lines of agents' routes on the ground. As I'm sure you've seen, this covers the entire ground after not too long. A couple problems with this:

• The lines are the same colour as the agents, meaning blue agents get obscured on the blue lines, and red agents on the red lines.
• This obscures your visual information of the coloured floor
• red and blue lines overwrite each other
• after a while it becomes a cluttered mess Giving the option to turn the lines off is a good short term solution, but it does not fix the problems with the lines. But good that you thought about it.

How do you fix these problems?'

• Think about what you want to show with the lines. where agents are on average? --> remove the lines and implement a heatmap common walking routes? --> change the colour, and give the line a max length something else? --> be inventive, what is the purpose, and how can that be best achieved with minimal side effects

The rest looks pretty good. Kept it nice a simple, have some good sliders, the behaviour seems to work as intended. For some more extensions you could look at gathering more data from the model, or giving subtle tweaks to agent behaviours, like social distancing or extra obtrusive behaviour. Experiment with the settings, see what comes out and try to explain why that happens as best you can. Find parallels and discrepancies to real life, and explain why they are there.

If you have any more questions feel free to email the TA email (you can ask for me personally). Kind regards, Ivo Steegstra

[IvoSte]

Please comment on this issue or let me know in any other way if you've received this feedback, otherwise I will find another way to get it to you!

[NBurgler]

I have received the feedback. Thank you very much.

Kind regards, Niels Burgler

[IvoSte]

Great, thanks for letting me know!