HISTORY.rst

Release History

0.9.0 (2022-01-31) Page

Improvements

• Update number_processes and associated docs #1141
• [PERF] Improve move_to_empty performance #1116
• Adding logic to check whether there is agent data #1115
• Convert all text strings to f-strings #1099
• Format Python and Jupyter Notebook files with Black #1078
• README: Add info on how to cite Mesa #1046
• Re-Implementation of BatchRunner #924

• CI Related

  • CI: Add workflow to update Pipfile.lock every month #1018
  • CI: Lint typos with Codespell #1098
  • CI: Only run Codecov on Ubuntu jobs and update to v2 #1083
  • CI: Maintenance: Update to Python 3.10, split of lint jobs #1074

• Dependency updates

  • Updates to Pipfile.lock (dependencies) #1114, #1086, #1080
  • Update Pipfile to use Python 3.9 #1075
  • Update Chart.js to 3.6.1 (v3) #1087
  • Update Chart.js to version 2.9.4 #1084
  • Pyupgrade 3.6: Update syntax with Python 3.6+ features #1105
  • Bump urllib3 from 1.26.2 to 1.26.5 #1043
  • Update packages.rst #1068

• Docs

  • Update docs/README.md #1118
  • Update number_processes and associated docs #1141
  • Update section 'Batch Run' of introductory tutorial #1119
  • Readme: Add command to install specific branch #1111
  • Docs: Add back some comments in space.py #1091
  • Docs: Remove trailing white spaces #1106
  • Update intro_tutorial.rst #1097, #1095
  • Tweaking and improving the documentation #1072

Fixes

• Rename i_steps -> data_collection_period and add docstring #1120
• bank_reserves: Say that the commented out legacy code is for comparison #1110
• Fix broken image on PyPI #1071

• Docs

  • Fix numbering typos in docs/README.md #1117
  • Readme: Fix command for installing custom branch on fork #1144
  • Docs: space.py: Fix single case of neighbor spelled as neighbour #1090

0.8.9 (2020-05-24) Oro Valley

Note: Master branch was renamed to Main on 03/13/2021

Improvements

• Master to Main change:

  • Docs/examples: Update links to use main instead of master as branch #1012
  • CI: Run on pushed to main and release branches #1011

• Github Actions

  • GitHub Actions: run black only on ubuntu 3.8 #996
  • GA: Only run CI when pushed to master #974
  • GA: Add pypy3 #972
  • rename github action to "build", remove redundant flake8 check #971
  • GA: Run on Windows and macOS #970
  • Add GitHub Action for continuous integration testing #966

• [PERF] Add neighborhood cache to grids and improve iter_cell_list_contents #823
• forest_fire: Remove unnecessary code #981
• Migrate away from type comments #984
• Update License #985
• Public remove_agent function for NetworkGrid #1001
• Date update to release #962
• Advanced indexing of grid #820

Fixes

• Correct spelling #999
• Update Pipfile.lock #983
• Fix order of variable_params in model and agent vars data frames #979
• Fix asyncio on windows with python 3.6 #973

0.8.8 (2020-11-27) Nogales

Note: This is the last version to support Python 3.5.

Improvements

• Added pre-commit to automatically maintain a standard formatting with black #732

Fixes

• MultiGrid: Set to using list for cell content #783

• Docs

  • Fixed broken link to templates list in advanced tutorial. #833
  • Fixed image links in rst #838
  • Cleaned html to attempt correct build #839
  • Fixed links on Boltzmann model #843
  • Documentation update - batchrunner & data collector #870
  • Deleted readthedocs.yml #946
  • Doc builds #837, #840, #844, #941, #942

• Fixed bulleted list in contribution read me #836
• Updated test_examples.py, changed unused generator expression to actually run the models. #829
• Fixed #827 issue (example Epstein Civil Violence Jupyter Notebook typos) #828
• Eliminated Ipython3 references #841
• Fixed cookie cutter Fixes #850. #853
• Removed relative imports -- fix #855. #863
• Updated pytest requirement to fix issues on travis #864
• Made linux compatible - travis #886
• Fixed python 3.5 fails, boid failure #889, #898
• Travis: Removed python 3.5 #899
• Fixed example testing issues close multiprocess pools #890
• Used ordered dict to make compatible with python 3.5 #892
• Increased number of test to fix codecov patch #916
• Fixed for #919, adding an exception for duplicate ids. #920

• Batchrunner

  • Batch runner redux #917
  • Fixed empty/None variable_parameters argument to BatchRunner (#861) #862
  • Added ordereddict to BatchrunerMP for python 3.5 #893
  • Fixed python 3.5 fails bathrunnerMP (multiple tries) #897, #896, #895
  • Batchrunner_redux fixes #928

• Fixed variables names, mp function locations, datacollector #933
• ModularServer updated: Fix EventLoop and changes to default port #936
• Ran black 20.8b1, which formats docstrings #951

0.8.7 (2020-05-05) Mammoth

Improvements

• Enable BatchRunner to run specified set of parameter combinations #651 (#607)
• Restructured runcontrol.js #661
• Add pipenv support for mesa #678
• Increase test coverage and change to codecov #692
• Updates Travis to explicitly set the dist to be Xenial #699
• time: Remove resolved TODO on random seed of random scheduler #708
• hex_snowflake: Update description to be more informative #712
• Added Coverall to Codecov in Contributing file #734
• Makes opening the browser optional when launching the server #755 #754
• NetworkGrid: Update to networkx 2.4 API #763
• Apply black to mesa/ directory #775
• Updated travis to 3.8 and updated gitignore #777
• Add information (to docstring) on image as agent portrayal shape #791
• Change grid empties from list to set #649 (improves speed)

• Adding mypy annotation

  • space: Add type annotation to Grid class #779
  • add Mypy annotation to time, agent, and model #792
  • space: Add mypy annotation to the remaining methods/functions #796

• Docs related

  • Bulk merge of docs from 'docs' to 'master' #684

  • Created useful snippets code section in the docs #668 #669

    • Updating index.rst #672
    • Clarify runserver snippet in index.rst #682

  • Add documentation for feature (pipenv) added in #678 #683

  • Add docs for BatchRunner to support Variable and Fixed Parameter Contribution #679 #683

    • Resources #651 in docs branch #691. This preps for #683 to be merged.

  • intro tutorial: Clarify a function that is not defined in the class #705
  • Updates formatting the readme Docs markdown #737

• Examples related

  • Schelling: Separate text-only viz into run_ascii.py #706
  • examples/Readme.md: Update description to be consistent with the folder names #707

Fixes

• Fixes link to update code coverage module - Updates Removing last link to coveralls and replacing to codecoverage #748
• Fixes D3 Network Visualization to update (rather than overwrite) #765 #767
• Fix parameter order in initializing SingleGrid object #770 #769
• Updating pipenv link #773
• Fixed pip install from github by specifying egg #802

• Compatibility fixes

  • Fixes VisualizationServer to be compatible with recent versions of Tornado #655
  • Fixes #749 networkx incompatibility #750

• Fixing typos

  • Fixes documentation typos in example code #695 #696
  • Fixes typo in ModularServer's last parameter #711
  • Fixed typo in BarChartModule line 100 #747
  • Fix typo in documentation #809

• Doc fixes (not relating to typos)

  • Update tutorial to point to correct repo location #671 #670
  • Updating sphinx and reverting issues #674 #675 #677 #681
  • Fixes code blocks that weren't showing up in the tutorial #686
  • Remove figure from advanced tutorial showing the empty visualization #729
  • Removes git clone from tutorial - Update intro_tutorial.rst #730
  • Fixes citation links in docs tutorial section #736
  • Fix histogram in advanced tutorial #794 #610
  • Fixes Advanced Tutorial #elements #804 #803

• Fixes to examples

  • Fixing test_random_walk bug - wolf sheep. #821
  • Fixes shape_example server launch #762 #756
  • Fixing broken table in pd_grid example #824

0.8.6 (2019-05-02) Lake Havasu City

Improvements

• add docker-compose + Dockerfile support #593
• install: Remove jupyter requirement #614
• Add Bar and Pie Chart visualization #594 #490
• Make models pickleable #582

Fixes

• Year update. Happy New Year! #613
• Fixed problem with grid and chart visualization javascript #612 #615
• removed extra" .random" on line 178. #654
• updated requirement for networkx #644 #646
• Fix VisualizationServer to be compatible with recent versions of Tornado #655

0.8.5 (2018-11-26) Kearny

Improvements

• Added mouse interactionHandler to close #457, fixed hexgrid drawLines #465
• Run examples as part of the tests #529, #564
• Add a github issue template. #560
• Changes nose to pytest #561
• Update and clean up cookiecutter layout #563
• Updating setup to move requirements to setup.py. #566
• Fixes #570 removed and updated stale comments in space.py #571
• Adding model random number generator with __new__ #572
• Faster agent attribute collection #576
• Update install command to be edible #578
• Adding read the docs yml. #579
• agents can be removed and added during Scheduler.step() #584
• Adding a description to bank_reserves. #587
• F8 cleanup #600

Fixes

• Fixes #543 (User Settable Parameters fail to work for non-string datatype #543) #544
• Adding missing requirements files to examples. #550
• Fixes issue #548, flockers visualization not showing up #548
• updated BatchRunner (throwing error when passing in agent reporters) #556
• Removing version numbers and fixing flake8 issues. #562
• Fix issue #548 (Flockers visualization is not working) #566
• Fixes code formatting in readmes. #577
• Batchrunner.fix (BatchRunner's "variable parameters" is not strictly optional) #596

0.8.4 (2018-06-17) Jerome

Improvements

• Mesa Packages docs created (#464, #480, #484, #503, #504)
• Change size and tooltip text of nodes in D3 network visualization #468
• Multiprocessing BatchRunner with pathos #506
• Schedule.agent.dict - Implement tracking the agents in the scheduler via OrderedDict #510
• Use click and add mesa run #522
• Add a code of conduct #530

Fixes

• iter_neighborhood() now gives correct neighborhoods for both von Neumann and Moore #459
• fix typo #461
• Flockers update & subsequent "F" versus "f" fix on Unix/Mac - #477, #518, #525, #500
• Fixing date on release. #453
• Batchrunner fixes: properly initialize models with correct parameters during subsequent runs. #486
• Tornado Version Bug Fixes (upgrading #489, downgrading #497, adding to setup.py #527)
• fix minor flake8 issues #519
• align required dependencies between setup.py and requirements.txt #523, #528, #535
• Fixes #499 grid size issue. #539

0.8.3 (2018-01-14) Hayden

Improvements

• Datacollector fix #445
• A first network grid model with visualization, using NetworkX and sigma.js #388
• Cache pip packages for Travis setup #427
• Remove localhost hardcoding + allow secure sockets #421
• Update Chart.js to version 2.7.1 #401
• Bank reserves example #432
• Extended Grid to support hexagonal grids #409

Fixes

• Faster ContinuousSpace neighbor search #439
• Updating license year to 2018 #450
• Updating language on license in contributing file #446
• Updating license year to 2018 #450
• Removed mutable defaults from DataCollector constructor #434
• [BUGFIX] Torus adjustment in Grid class #429
• Batchrunfixedparameters #423
• [BUGFIX] Fix sidebar visibility in Edge #436
• Updating Travis svg to target #master, not branches. #343
• Email list language updates and link updates #399
• Fix math problems in flockers; use numpy in space #378
• Only start tornado ioloop if necessary #339
• ContinuousSpace: Fix get_distance calculation on toroidal boundary condition #430

0.8.2 (2017-11-01) Gila Bend

Improvements

• Split parameter_values into fixed & variable parameters in batchrunner #393

Fixes

• Updating License year to 2017 -- very minor update #391
• Flockers: fix param naming #398
• Remove unused class parameters. #400
• [hotfix!] Disable e2e viz test for now. #414

• Fixing bug in release process. [6a8ecb6]

  • See pypi/legacy#670.

0.8.1 (2017-07-03) Flagstaff (PyCon Sprints & then some)

Improvements

• Bootstrap UI starter #383
• Add Sugarscape Constant Growback example #385
• Add best-practices document and describe models. #371

• Refactored & model standards related:

  • Prisoner's Dilemma refactor to meet new model standard format. #377
  • refactored boltzmann wealth model to new layout #376
  • Update tutorial to follow new model standards #370
  • Moving wolf sheep pngs to sub-folder for better organization #372
  • Add best-practices document and describe models. #371

• Modified loop over agents in schedule step method #356
• Added function to use local images as shapes in GridDraw #355

Fixes

• Fix math problems in flockers; use numpy in space #378
• Seed both global random number generators #373, #368
• Dictionary parameters fix #309
• Downgrade setuptools to fix #353
• Minor forest fire fix #338, #346
• Allow fixed seed for replication #107
• Fix tutorial and example readme for port change 8b57aa

0.8.0 (2017-01-29) - Edgar

Improvements

• Updating contribution file to prevent future travis breaks #336
• Updating Travis svg to target #master, not branches. #343
• implement "end" message in visualization #346
• Move empty-cell functions to baseclass Grid #349

Fixes

• Only start tornado ioloop if necessary #339
• fix boundaries of ContinousSpace #345

0.7.8.1 (2016-11-02) Duncan

Improvements

• Fixes #324 -- renames all examples to be the pythonic format of naming #328
• Changing to port 8521, fixes #320. #321
• Opens a browser window when launching the server #323
• Ticket #314 - added progress bar to BatchRunner #316
• Auto update year for copyright. #329

Fixes

• Minor bug fixes - Update ForestFire example notebook to new API, and rename Basic to Shape Example. #318
• On-demand model stepping rather than an endless buffer #310
• Updating contribution to prevent future travis breaks #330

0.7.7 (2016-08-18)

Improvements

• Fixes - variable name heading0/1 in ArrowHead shape is not intuitive. #295 #301
• Fixes - ArrowHead shape is not reflecting in the docs of api #300 #301
• Fixes - Documentation is not reflecting latest changes wrt width-height argument order in Grid() #296 #301

0.7.6 (2016-08-13)

Theme: Scipy Sprints 2016 ( ‘-’)人(ﾟ_ﾟ ) & Then some.

Feature adds

• Add new shapes & direction indication in CanvasGrid #285
• Provides support for text overlay on Circle and Rectangle shapes. #265

Improvements

• Fixes Parameters of CanvasGrid(): row, col, height, width inverted #285
• Fixes 'coordinates on grid are used inconsistently throughout the code' #285
• Moves Agent and Model class outside of __init__.py #285
• Minor pep updates to boltzmann. #269
• Fix link to intro tutorial. #267
• Updating template text visualization/ModularVisualization.md #273
• Update intro_notebook and documents to include self.running = True in MoneyModel #275
• Update .rst file location to make sure ReadTheDocs works correctly #276
• Remove Mock code causing recursion and preventing build of docs. #281
• MultiGrid docstring missing methods #282
• No Docstring for model.grid.get_cell_list_contents #282
• Refactor forest fire example #223 #288
• Updating kernel version on forest fire model. #290
• Making examples pep complaint. fixes #270 #291
• Fixed pep8 examples and #292 #294
• Fixes #283 - Fixes formatting on viz readme #299
• Have Agent use self.model instead of passing it around #297

0.7.5 (2016-06-20)

Pre-sprints

• Update of tutorial files and docs #176, #172
• Adds np.int64() functions around some variables to get rid error caused by numpy update #188
• Made examples Readme.md more readable #189

From PyCon Sprints

• Updating model example readmes #207
• Added nose to requirements #208
• Updated link on style google style guide #209
• Reset visualization when websocket connection is opened #210
• Remove unused scipy dependency #211
• Introduce a requirements.txt for the tutorial. #212
• Remove references to running in tutorial #213
• Simplify travis.yml; add python versions #215
• Update Flocker Readme.md #216
• Syntax error in .rst was swallowing a code block #217
• Fixup HistogramModule in the tutorial. #218
• add more test coverage to time #221
• add a requirements.txt for WolfSheep. #222
• add a requirements.txt for Schelling. #224
• Refactor color patches example #227
• Ignored _build sphinx docs still in repo #228
• Intro Tut completely in ipynb #230
• pass optional port parameter to ModularServer.launch #231
• open vis immediately when running color patches #232
• Adds .DS_store to .gitignore #237
• Documentation Update #240
• Small fix for reading links #241
• Test batchrunner #243
• clean up TextVisualization #245
• Documentation Update #250
• Update Game of Life example to new format #253
• Update Flockers example to new format #254
• Update Epstein model to new layout #255
• Subclassing object is unnecessary in Python 3 #258

Post PyCon Sprints

• Adds a copy of jquery directly into the code. #261

0.7.0 (2016-03-06)

• #184 Adding terminal echo for server launch to signal person running the model
• #183 Adding Conway's Game of Life simulation to the examples.

0.6.9 (2016-02-16)

• #170 Adding multi-stage activation
• #169 Wolf-Sheep Cleanup
• Updates requirements to latest libraries

0.6.7 (2015-07-11)

Improvements

• Allow cell_list_content methods in Grids to accept single tuples in addition to lists

0.6.6 (2015-07-11)

Theme: Scipy Sprints ( ‘-’)人(ﾟ_ﾟ )

Improvements

• Standardizes the arguments passed to spatial functions to only tuples, not separate x and y coordinates. (Breaks backwards compatibility)

0.6.5.1 (2015-07-11)

Theme: Scipy Sprints ( ‘-’)人(ﾟ_ﾟ )

Improvements

• Adding version, license, copyright, title to __init__.py
• Auto updating version in setup.py

Fixes

• Updating MANIFEST.in to include visualization templates that were missing.

0.6.5 (2015-07-11)

Theme: Scipy Sprints ( ‘-’)人(ﾟ_ﾟ )

Edits

• Additions to tutorial doc
• Minor edits to README & Intro
• Minor edits / clean up to setup.py
• Removing .ipynb_checkpoints
• Removing out-of-date planning documentation.

Fixes

• Use setuptools' find_packages function to get the list of packages to install, fixes #141

Improvements

• Use package_data for include the web files
• Use a MANIFEST.in file to include the LICENSE file in source distributions
• Using conda on Travis allows much faster builds and test runs

0.6.2 (2015-07-09)

• Improvement: Adding continuous space.
• Improvement: Adding a simultaneous activation scheduler.

• New models:

  • Flockers
  • Spatial Demographic Prisoner's Dilemma (PD_Grid)

0.6.1 (2015-06-27)

• Fixes: Order of operations reversed: agent is removed first and then it is placed.
• Improvement: LICENSE was updates from MIT to Apache 2.0.

0.6.0 (2015-06-21)

• Improvement: Add modular server feature, which breaks up a model into a .py file and a .js file. This breaks backwards compatibility.

Pre 0.6.0

Code that is pre-0.6.0 is very unstable.

Our initial release was 0.5.0 (2014-11).

It included code for placing agents on a grid; a data collector and batch runner; and a front-end visualization using HTML 5 and JavaScript.

General

• Objects create -- Agent, Time, Space
• Project moved to Python 3
• Tornado server setup

Front-end

• Front-end grid implemented
• ASCII visualization implemented

Examples models

• Forest Fire
• Schelling
• Wolf-Sheep Predation

0.1.0 (2014-09-19)

• A conversation
• Birth