Application of complex adaptive systems to pricing of reproducible information goods

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 725-739

  Khouja, Moutaz ^a   Hadzikadic, Mirsad ^a   Rajagopalan, Hari K ^b   Tsay, Li Shiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Information goods; Piracy; Pricing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER MUSIC; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DATA RECORDING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION GOODS; MUSIC RECORDINGS; REGULATING AGENCIES;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 36849074776     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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