Bass Diffusion Model - Model Formulation

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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