Predicting the adoption of connected autonomous vehicles: A new approach based on the theory of diffusion of innovations

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 95, Issue , 2018, Pages 363-380

  Talebian, Ahmadreza ^a   Mishra, Sabyasachee ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agent based modeling; Connected autonomous vehicles; Diffusion of innovations; Simulation; Social network

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; MARKETING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADOPTION; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; NEW APPROACHES; RADICAL INNOVATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COMMERCE;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; MARKETING; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 85050827169     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2018.06.005     Document Type: Article

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