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.

摘要

基于情景的问卷调查是一种调查方法，旨在通过受访者对一系列情景的反应来确定他们的决策规则。它很少用于基于代理的建模和模拟 (ABMS)，大多数研究人员更喜欢使用封闭式问题的调查作为数据收集方法。对于农业食品供应链中的 ABMS 研究尤其如此。在我们的论文中，我们设计了一个基于场景的调查问卷来引出 ABMS 中代理的行为，并将其应用于乳制品供应链案例。我们的研究结果表明，受访者对基于情景的问卷反应良好，因为它与他们的实际决策过程更密切相关。此外，我们的实验表明，使用基于场景的问卷提取的决策规则提高了 ABMS 的有效性。