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primitive: diffuse4
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diffuse4 1.0

diffuse4 patch-variable number

Like diffuse, but only diffuses to the four neighboring patches (to the north, south, east, and west), not to the diagonal neighbors.

diffuse4 chemical 0.5
;; each patch diffuses 50% of its variable
;; chemical to its neighboring 4 patches. Thus,
;; each patch gets 1/4 of 50% of the chemical
;; from each neighboring patch.)

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NetLogo Dictionary: diffuse

Documentation for the diffuse primitive.

NetLogo Dictionary: directed-link-breed

Documentation for the directed-link-breed primitive.


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