Research Article

Dynamics Analysis of a Mathematical Model for New Product Innovation Diffusion

Table 1

Meaning of the parameters.

ParametersMeaning

Recruitment rate of the population that will join the nonadopter class
Potential adopters need some time to consider accepting or rejecting the new product
Rate of valid contacts between the adopters at time and those at time
Contact rate
Half saturation coefficient
Death rate
Percentage of persons who decide not to adopt the technology after they have evaluated it