基于代理的模拟和儿童保护系统:理由,实施和验证
Fred Wulczyn1, Chaitanya Kaligotla2, John Hummel3
1Center for State Child Welfare Data, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago, United States of America.
Child abuse & neglect
|December 21, 2023
概括
模拟模型为儿童保护系统提供了有价值的研究证据. 基于OSPEDALE代理的模型密切地复制了现实世界儿童福利数据,支持其在决策中的使用.
科学领域:
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 公共卫生建模公共卫生建模
- 儿童福利系统研究 儿童福利系统研究
背景情况:
- 模拟模型在儿童保护研究中未得到充分利用.
- 运营研究和医疗保健和其他领域的决策受益于模拟.
- 基于证据的儿童保护系统管理越来越重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述美国儿童保护系统的基于代理的模拟模型的逻辑和开发.
- 推出OSPEDALE原型,用于模拟儿童福利系统的互动.
- 证明模拟模型作为儿童保护研究证据来源的实用性.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个基于代理的模拟模型 (OSPEDALE),使用城市儿童福利系统中600,000名儿童的历史数据.
- 管理方程可能模拟调查开始和随后的系统相互作用 (复发,转介,放置).
- 模型结合了儿童特征,风险水平和先前的系统参与来预测结果.
主要成果:
- 通过将模拟的入院人数与经验数据进行比较,对OSPEDALE进行了测试.
- 该模拟非常紧密地复制了新的入院人数的经验计数.
- 结果证明了对OSPEDALE儿童保护系统分析模型的进一步投资是合理的.
结论:
- 像OSPEDALE这样的模拟模型为公共儿童保护系统提供了有价值的研究证据来源.
- 有效指定的模拟模型提供与其他研究方法相比的现实世界的相关性.
- 在儿童福利方面,OSPEDALE的发展支持了日益增长的基于证据的决策需求.
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