A hybrid simulation approach for estimating the market share evolution of electric vehicles

Transportation Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 651-670

  Kieckhäfer, Karsten ^a   Volling, Thomas ^b   Spengler, Thomas Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Sustainable transport; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE OIL; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ESTIMATION; HYBRID VEHICLES; SYSTEM THEORY; TRANSPORTATION;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; CONSUMER AWARENESS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; HYBRID SIMULATION; MARKET INTRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84918805552     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.2014.0526     Document Type: Article

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