ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2018
Designing an Agent-Based Model Using Group Model Building: Application to Food Insecurity Patterns in a U.S. Midwestern Metropolitan City.
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- Application of group model building in implementation research: A systematic review of the public health and healthcare literature.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Simulated retail food environments: A literature review of systems science approaches to advance equity in access to healthy diets.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
- The CAMPUS Study: A Systems Approach to Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence on College Campuses.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- Improving health and housing outcomes through a simulation and economic model: an evidence-based protocol of a group model building approach to develop an agent-based model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Study protocol for transforming health equity research in integrated primary care: Antiracism as a disruptive innovation.PloS one · 2024Article
- Utilizing Group Model Building to Identify Barriers and Facilitators of Hypertension Management in Primary Health Care, China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Applications of agent-based modeling in trauma research.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023Article
- Using community engagement to implement evidence-based practices for opioid use disorder: A data-driven paradigm & systems science approach.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Novel participatory methods for co-building an agent-based model of physical activity with youth.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Recent advances in computing resources have increased interest in systems modeling and population health. While group model building (GMB) has been effectively applied in developing system dynamics models (SD), few studies have used GMB for developing an agent-based model (ABM). This article explores the use of a GMB approach to develop an ABM focused on food insecurity. In our GMB workshops, we modified a set of the standard GMB scripts to develop and validate an ABM in collaboration with local experts and stakeholders. Based on this experience, we learned that GMB is a useful collaborative modeling platform for modelers and community experts to address local population health issues. We also provide suggestions for increasing the use of the GMB approach to develop rigorous, useful, and validated ABMs.
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