Alternative supply chain production-sales policies for new product diffusion: An agent-based modeling and simulation approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Amini, Mehdi ^a   Wakolbinger, Tina ^b   Racer, Michael ^a   Nejad, Mohammad G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; New product diffusion; Supply chain management; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; MARKETING; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; NEW PRODUCT DIFFUSIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; WORD OF MOUTH;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 84862538038     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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