Ising-like agent-based technology diffusion model: Adoption patterns vs. seeding strategies

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1139-1149

  Laciana, Carlos E ^a,b   Rovere, Santiago L ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Collective decision; Early adopters; Ising model; Networks; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ISING MODEL; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGENT BASED TECHNOLOGIES; COLLECTIVE DECISION; EARLY ADOPTERS; INDIVIDUAL'S PERCEPTION; SEEDING STRATEGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 78751580385     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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