Ip, Edward with Mark Wolfson, Douglas Easterling, Erin Sutfin, Kimberly Wagoner, Jill Blocker, Kathleen Egan, Hazhir Rahmandad and Shyu-Huei Chen, "Agent-based modeling of College Drinking Behavior and mapping of feedback mechanism of alcohol reduction", 2012 July 22-2012 July 26
Alcohol use is prevalent among college students in the US and is the leading cause of many alcohol-related consequences such as injury, driving under influence, and sexual assault. The problem of college drinking involves complex individual, social, and cultural factors. By viewing college drinking as a complex system problem, this paper describes two components necessary for the full development of a simulation-based dynamic agent model for alcohol use in college. The first component is a basic agent-based model that explores the dynamic of college drinking. The second component discusses the use of system dynamic modeling to explore the causal relationship between various personal/environmental factors and alcohol consumption. The paper also discusses important leverage points for intervention strategies, especially in the context of targeting both high-risk and low- to medium-risk drinkers in college.
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