Comparing a simulation model with various analytic models of the international diffusion of consumer technology

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dc.contributor.authorSwinerd, Chris
dc.contributor.authorMcNaught, Ken R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-18T11:02:36Z
dc.date.available2020-02-18T11:02:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-28
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we propose and evaluate a method for studying technology adoption at the national level using hybrid simulation. A hybrid simulation model is developed which combines elements of system dynamics and agent-based modelling, and treats nations as adopting agents. International diffusion is modelled as a social system where the adoption of an innovation, or even just growing pressure to adopt an innovation, in one nation can then influence its adoption in others. The model is used to investigate nine different technological innovations for which sufficient international data are available. Using the available empirical data, the method of differential evolution is used to configure the model which allows the parameter space to be explored in an efficient manner, without bias or subjective disagreement. Good agreement is found between the parameters derived in this way and those reported to configure analytic models. For each of the nine innovations, we report the rank order correlation between the actual order of adoption of the innovations by nations and the order predicted by the simulation model. We also report the rank order correlations between the actual order and the order predicted by a much simpler statistical model. Improvements in the rank order correlation are shown when some form of social influence between nations is included, although there is no significant difference in results between the four different types of social influence considered by the simulation. The nine technologies investigated also appear to fall into two groups with significantly different uptake speeds. Advantages and limitations of the approach are discussed along with suggested implications for practice.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSwinerd C, McNaught KR. (2015) Comparing a simulation model with various analytic models of the international diffusion of consumer technology. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 100, November 2015, pp. 330-343en_UK
dc.identifier.cris5330557
dc.identifier.issn0040-1625
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.08.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15141
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAgent-based simulationen_UK
dc.subjectAnalytic modellingen_UK
dc.subjectDifferential evolutionen_UK
dc.subjectInternational diffusionen_UK
dc.subjectSimulation modellingen_UK
dc.subjectSystem dynamicsen_UK
dc.titleComparing a simulation model with various analytic models of the international diffusion of consumer technologyen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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