Seller's dilemma due to social interactions between customers

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 356, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 628-640

  Gordon, Mirta B ^a   Nadal, Jean Pierre ^b   Phan, Denis ^c   Vannimenus, Jean ^b  

^a Laboratoire Leibniz   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Econophysics; Ising model; Monopoly market; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ECONOPHYSICS; ISING MODEL; MONOPOLY MARKET; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 31644434120     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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