Model Formulation
Where:
- is the rate of change of the installed base fraction
- is the installed base fraction
- is the coefficient of innovation
- is the coefficient of imitation
Sales is the rate of change of installed base (i.e. adoption) multiplied by the ultimate market potential :
The time of peak sales
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