Article: Queuing theory-based innovation diffusion modelling incorporating change in adoption rate Journal: International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research (IJMOR) 2018 Vol.12 No.1 pp.102 - 116 Abstract: Adoption has always been an important process to discuss among marketers. Major work in the field of innovation adoption has been based on theory of first purchase by consumers. Of late attention has also been given to multi-stage nature of diffusion process. There are practitioners who have verified adoption as multi-stage process (depending on awareness and motivation). Researchers have lately also understood the value of change in marketing strategy and other factors that often lead to change in the rate of adoption. In this paper, we have made use of this stage wise approach of market penetration along with change point concept, have developed a methodical approach based on infinite server queuing theory and predicted sales for consumer durables. Experimental results estimated on sales of two different consumer durables show that present proposal can depict the change in adoption rates and predict the behaviour of the product in more accurate manner. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Queuing theory-based innovation diffusion modelling incorporating change in adoption rate

Authors: Adarsh Anand; Mohini Agarwal; Deepti Aggrawal; Ompal Singh

Addresses: Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delhi, Room No. 207-208, 2nd Floor, Delhi 110007, India ' Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delhi, Room No. 207-208, 2nd Floor, Delhi 110007, India ' Keshav Mahavidyalaya University of Delhi, Delhi 110034, India ' Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delhi, Room No. 207-208, 2nd Floor, Delhi 110007, India

Abstract: Adoption has always been an important process to discuss among marketers. Major work in the field of innovation adoption has been based on theory of first purchase by consumers. Of late attention has also been given to multi-stage nature of diffusion process. There are practitioners who have verified adoption as multi-stage process (depending on awareness and motivation). Researchers have lately also understood the value of change in marketing strategy and other factors that often lead to change in the rate of adoption. In this paper, we have made use of this stage wise approach of market penetration along with change point concept, have developed a methodical approach based on infinite server queuing theory and predicted sales for consumer durables. Experimental results estimated on sales of two different consumer durables show that present proposal can depict the change in adoption rates and predict the behaviour of the product in more accurate manner.

Keywords: change points; CPs; non-homogeneous Poisson process; NHPP; innovation diffusion model; IDM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMOR.2018.088581

International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 2018 Vol.12 No.1, pp.102 - 116

Received: 10 Jun 2016
Accepted: 29 Jul 2016
Published online: 12 Dec 2017 *

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