Simulating indirect network effects in the video game market

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Strube, Jochen ^a   Schade, Sven ^a   Schmidt, Patrick ^a   Buxmann, Peter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTIFICIAL VIDEO GAME MARKETS; COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 39749144755     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2007.483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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