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Negotiating a Future that is not like the Past (2022)
Journal Article
Elsenbroich, C., & Badham, J. (2023). Negotiating a Future that is not like the Past. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 26(2), 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2022.2137935

Agent-based models combine data and theory during both development and use of the model. As models have become increasingly data driven, it is easy to start thinking of agent-based modelling as an empirical method, akin to statistical modelling, and... Read More about Negotiating a Future that is not like the Past.

Participatory theme elicitation: open card sorting for user led qualitative data analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Best, P., Badham, J., McConnell, T., & Hunter, R. F. (2021). Participatory theme elicitation: open card sorting for user led qualitative data analysis. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 25(2), 213-231 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2021.1876616

Participatory Theme Elicitation (PTE) is a new approach to increasing user-involvement in qualitative data analysis. In this five-step method, participants independently identify themes in the data using open card sorting, and are supported in their... Read More about Participatory theme elicitation: open card sorting for user led qualitative data analysis.

Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning (2021)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Caiado, C., & Castellani, B. (2021). Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 24(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4532

This paper presents JuSt-Social, an agent-based model of the COVID-19 epidemic with a range of potential social policy interventions. It was developed to support local authorities in North East England who are making decisions in a fast moving crisis... Read More about Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning.

A multi-method exploration into the social networks of young teenagers and their physical activity behavior (2021)
Journal Article
Montgomery, S. C., Donnelly, M., Badham, J., Kee, F., Dunne, L., & Hunter, R. F. (2021). A multi-method exploration into the social networks of young teenagers and their physical activity behavior. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10081-0

Background There is a need for novel interventions to target inadequate levels of adolescent physical activity behavior. Previous research indicates that better understanding of the processes by which social networks influence physical activity behav... Read More about A multi-method exploration into the social networks of young teenagers and their physical activity behavior.

Diagnostic evaluation with simulated probabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Befani, B., Elsenbroich, C., & Badham, J. (2021). Diagnostic evaluation with simulated probabilities. Evaluation, 27(1), 102-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389020980476

As policy makers require more rigorous assessments for the strength of evidence in Theory-Based evaluations, Bayesian logic is attracting increasing interest; however, the estimation of probabilities that this logic (almost) inevitably requires prese... Read More about Diagnostic evaluation with simulated probabilities.

Effectiveness variation in simulated school-based network interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Kee, F., & Hunter, R. F. (2019). Effectiveness variation in simulated school-based network interventions. Applied Network Science, 4(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-019-0168-6

Background: Previous simulation studies have found that starting with high degree seeds leads to faster and more complete diffusion over networks. However, there are few studies and none have used networks that are relevant to a school setting. Metho... Read More about Effectiveness variation in simulated school-based network interventions.

Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities (2019)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Elsawah, S., Guillaume, J. H., Hamilton, S. H., Hunt, R. J., Jakeman, A. J., …Bammer, G. (2019). Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities. Environmental Modelling and Software, 116, 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.02.013

Developing agent-based models of complex health behaviour (2018)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Chattoe-Brown, E., Gilbert, N., Chalabi, Z., Kee, F., & Hunter, R. F. (2018). Developing agent-based models of complex health behaviour. Health & Place, 54, 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.022

Managing non-communicable diseases requires policy makers to adopt a whole systems perspective that adequately represents the complex causal architecture of human behaviour. Agent-based modelling is a computational method to understand the behaviour... Read More about Developing agent-based models of complex health behaviour.

Calibrating with Multiple Criteria: A Demonstration of Dominance (2017)
Journal Article
Badham, J., Jansen, C., Shardlow, N., & French, T. (2017). Calibrating with Multiple Criteria: A Demonstration of Dominance. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 20(2), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.3212

Pattern oriented modelling (POM) is an approach to calibration or validation that assesses a model using multiple weak patterns. We extend the concept of POM, using dominance to objectively identify the best parameter candidates. The TELL ME agent-ba... Read More about Calibrating with Multiple Criteria: A Demonstration of Dominance.