Modelling a dynamic market potential: A class of automata networks for diffusion of innovations

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 806-820

  Guseo, Renato ^a   Guidolin, Mariangela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bass model; Cellular Automata; Communication network; Diffusion process; New drugs; Riccati equation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AUTOMATA NETWORKS; BASS MODEL; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DISCRETE-TIME EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC MARKET; GENERAL DYNAMICS; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; MARKET POTENTIAL; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; NEW DRUGS; NONAUTONOMOUS; PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWO STAGE MODEL;

AGGLOMERATION; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; DIFFUSION; INNOVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PURCHASING; RICCATI EQUATIONS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; INNOVATION; NETWORKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 67349105956     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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