Growth functions, social diffusion, and social change

Review of Sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-30

  Fokas, Nikos ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bi logistic growth; Diffusion of innovations; Growth functions; Logistic function; Logistic substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547471502     PISSN: 14178648     EISSN: 15882845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/RevSoc.13.2007.1.1     Document Type: Article

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