Innovation diffusion with heterogeneous networked agents: A computational model

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-144

  Leite, Rui ^a   Teixeira, Aurora A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolutionary agent based models; Innovation diffusion; Knowledge spillovers; Network effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866761723     PISSN: 1860711X     EISSN: 18607128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11403-011-0086-x     Document Type: Article

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