https://www.herdmentality.xyz/blog The Herd Mentality is a technical blog on data science, statistics, machine learning, R, and software engineering, with hands-on tutorials and write-ups. en-us (Herd Mentality) (Herd Mentality) Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.herdmentality.xyz/blog/policy-scenario-workbench https://www.herdmentality.xyz/blog/policy-scenario-workbench A three-layer pipeline (rules-as-code, discrete choice model, agent-based model) for behavioural policy simulation that keeps what is measured separate from what is assumed, calibrated against a real adoption survey. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT (Herd Mentality) policy-simulationpythonstatsmodelsmesaagent-based-modellinggov-tech