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Agile Development of an Attitude-Behaviour Driven Simulation of Alcohol Consumption Dynamics

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Whilst there have been several advocates for the application of software engineering (SE) methodologies in the development of agent-based models and simulations in the social sciences, the uptake of these techniques in the research community has been limited – or if authors are using such techniques, their use is underreported. Software engineering provides structured processes and techniques for designing, documenting, implementing and testing computer software. Software processes have many variations, each with their own unique advantages and disadvantages depending on the constraints (such as: human resources, time, finance, quality) facing a project team. This paper sets out the methods of Scrum agile software development, and discusses the experience of using Scrum to organise workflow and guide the development of an agent-based model of alcohol consumption. By employing Scrum in conjunction with another software engineering method, the Unified Modelling Language, this paper represents a case study in SE methods applied to a real world research problem.

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  • Daniel Moyo & Abdallah K. Ally & Alan Brennan & Paul Norman & Robin C. Purshouse & Mark Strong, 2015. "Agile Development of an Attitude-Behaviour Driven Simulation of Alcohol Consumption Dynamics," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 18(3), pages 1-10.
    • Handle: RePEc:jas:jasssj:2015-45-1
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