Eliciting agents’ behaviour using scenario-based questionnaire in agent-based dairy supply chain simulation

D.S. Utomo, B.S.S. Onggo, S. Eldridge, A.R. Daud and S. Tejaningsih

Journal of Simulation, 2022, vol. 16, issue 1, 58-72

Abstract: A scenario-based questionnaire is a survey method that aims to identify the respondents’ decision rules using their responses to a series of scenarios. It is rarely used in agent-based modelling and simulation (ABMS) with most researchers preferring a survey with closed questions as the data collection method. This is particularly true for ABMS studies in agri-food supply chains. In our paper, we design a scenario-based questionnaire to elicit the behaviour of agents in ABMS and apply it in a dairy supply chain case. Our findings suggest that respondents respond well to a scenario-based questionnaire as it relates more closely to their actual decision-making process. Furthermore, our experiment shows that the decision rules extracted using a scenario-based questionnaire improve ABMS validity.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/17477778.2020.1753251

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