The dynamic study on firm's environmental behavior and influencing factors: An adaptive agent-based modeling approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 278-287

  Liu, Yong ^a   Ye, Hong ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Environmental behavior; Yangtze River Delta of China

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC STUDIES; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MARKET SHARE; PUBLIC PRESSURES; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROFITABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84865487440     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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