A Hybrid Genetic Programming Method in Optimization and Forecasting: A Case Study of the Broadband Penetration in OECD Countries

<table class="table-group" id="tab34"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center" colspan="2">Forecasting performance—optimized diffusion models for The Netherlands</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Model name</td><td align="left">Model</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Logistic</td><td align="left">0.37898025831/(1+E(−(−3.01882999246+0.062714536225*t))) </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Bass</td><td align="left">0.378980333001*(1−E(−(2.34739032545e−08+0.0627144548701)*(t−(−187.825594969))))<br/>/(1+(0.0627144548701/2.34739032545e−08)*E(−(2.34739032545e−08+0.0627144548701)<br/>*(t−(−187.825594969)))) </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gompertz with constant</td><td align="left">0.368021712377*E(−6.9150399399*E(−0.0442055310107*t))+0.0308188707983</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gompertz</td><td align="left">0.433015517173*E(−4.14875467224*E(−0.0340271367285*t))</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Representation of the optimized diffusion models in forecasting (The Netherlands).

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