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Decision Interrupt Agent Example

This example demonstrates agent-level interruptions in Mesa using event-based scheduling instead of step-based counters.

Motivation

Many Mesa models implement long-running actions (e.g. jail sentences, cooldowns, delays) using counters inside step(). This example shows how such behavior can be modeled more naturally using scheduled events.

Key Concepts Demonstrated

  • Agent actions with duration (jail sentence)
  • Event-based interruption and resumption
  • No polling or step counters
  • Minimal logic inside step()

Model Description

  • Agents normally perform actions when FREE
  • At scheduled times, one agent is arrested
  • Arrested agents do nothing while IN_JAIL
  • Release is handled automatically via a scheduled event

Files

  • agents.py – Agent logic with interruption and release
  • model.py – Model-level scheduling of arrests
  • run.py – Minimal script to run the model

How to Run

python run.py