For industry-wide adoption of ABR production practices, a comprehensive understanding of the economic, sociological, and environmental (ESE) benefits and constraints of the system is needed. Limited research has reported certain aspects of this large issue, but rarely considered important factors such as market-level demand or supply impacts, or sociological or environmental factors, or the interactions of factors. Through this objective, ESE considerations will be examined from the perspective of producers, consumers, and stakeholders.

Collins, B. and Liang, C. (2025, in print), Applying Agent-Based Modeling to Examine Business Strategies – Tools and Examples for Researchers and Practitioners, revised and re-submitted to the Small Business Institute Journal, published by the National Small Business Institute (top journal in Small Business and Entrepreneurship)

Collins, B. And Liang, C. (2024), Using NetLogo to Build an Agent-Based Model for Teaching Purposes at the Graduate Student Level, Applied Economics Teaching Resources Journal, Published by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (top journal)

Colins, B. and Liang, C. (2024). Agent-Based Modeling to explore social, economic, and environmental links within the North Carolina poultry industry. SUNY Oneonta Life of the Mind Annual Conference, Oneonta, NY, November 14, 2024. Poster presentation.

Liang, C. (2024). Understanding the characteristics of ethnic markets to help small farmers to improve profits, American Society of Horticultural Sciences annual meeting, September 23-27, Honolulu, HI.

Collins, B. and Liang, C. (2024). Examining business strategies based on agent-based modeling concepts – Tools and examples for researchers and practitioners, National Small Business Institute conference, April 12-14, Orlando, FL.