The R Journal: article published in 2017, volume 9:1

Implementing a Metapopulation Bass Diffusion Model using the R Package deSolve
Jim Duggan , The R Journal (2017) 9:1, pages 153-163.

Abstract Diffusion is a fundamental process in physical, biological, social and economic settings. Consumer products often go viral, with sales driven by the word of mouth effect, as their adoption spreads through a population. The classic diffusion model used for product adoption is the Bass diffusion model, and this divides a population into two groups of people: potential adopters who are likely to adopt a product, and adopters who have purchased the product, and influence others to adopt. The Bass diffusion model is normally captured in an aggregate form, where no significant consumer differences are modeled. This paper extends the Bass model to capture a spatial perspective, using metapopulation equations from the field of infectious disease modeling. The paper’s focus is on simulation of deterministic models by solving ordinary differential equations, and does not encompass parameter estimation. The metapopulation model in implemented in R using the deSolve package, and shows the potential of using the R framework to implement large-scale integral equation models, with applications in the field of marketing and consumer behaviour.

Received: 2016-04-30; online 2017-05-10
CRAN packages: deSolve, EpiModel, ggplot2, scales
CRAN Task Views implied by cited CRAN packages: DifferentialEquations, Graphics, Phylogenetics

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@article{RJ-2017-006,
  author = {Jim Duggan},
  title = {{Implementing a Metapopulation Bass Diffusion Model using the
          R Package deSolve}},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {{The R Journal}},
  doi = {10.32614/RJ-2017-006},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2017-006},
  pages = {153--163},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1}
}