The agent-based computational algorithm used by turtle agent is based on Wilensky [1] and gives to this the next improvements:
(i) the algorithm has a variable number of searching directions in comparison with the Wilensky algorithm that has only four directions; thus the number of searching direction can vary from 4 to 360.
(ii) the algorithm has two regimes: one is deterministic and uses the searching directions and the other is random and is used only if the first regime fails to find the resources that surrounds the agent.
[1] Wilensky, U., NetLogo Wealth Distribution model. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/WealthDistribution. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, 1998
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.comses.net/codebases/2986/releases/1.0.0/