import settings networkStatus = {} # Dict that will contain the status of every agent in the network sentimentCorrelationNodeArray = [] for x in range(0, settings.network_params["number_of_nodes"]): sentimentCorrelationNodeArray.append({'id': x}) # Initialize agent states. Let's assume everyone is normal. init_states = [{'id': 0, } for _ in range(settings.network_params["number_of_nodes"])] # add keys as as necessary, but "id" must always refer to that state category