Optimize the NetLogo code to improve the performace

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There is a paper suggesting some performance improvements: https://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/20/1/3.html

Can we apply some of these suggestions?

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NetLogo also has a profiler extension which can be used to identify possible optimizations: https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/profiler.html