Evolutionary location and pricing strategies in competitive hierarchical distribution systems: A spatial agent-based model

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 822-833

  He, Zhou ^a   Cheng, T C E ^b   Dong, Jichang ^a   Wang, Shouyang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Competitive location problem; Complex adaptive system; Hierarchical distribution system; Location and pricing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LOCATION; SALES; SEARCH ENGINES; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; COMPETITIVE LOCATION; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; SEARCHING ABILITY; SPATIAL AGENT-BASED MODELS;

COSTS;

EID: 84903151653     PISSN: 21682216     EISSN: 21682232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2013.2290506     Document Type: Article

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