Diffusion dynamics of open source software: An agent-based computational economics (ACE) approach

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-608

  Zaffar, Muhammad Adeel ^a   Kumar, Ram L ^b   Zhao, Kexin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agent based computational economics; Diffusion dynamics; Open source software

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; AGENT-BASED COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; INTERACTION EFFECT; NETWORK DENSITY; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE MARKETS; SUPPORT COSTS;

DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTEROPERABILITY;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 79955880666     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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