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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 148398, 17 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/148398
Research Article
A Dynamical Innovation Diffusion Model with Fuzzy Coefficient and Its Application to Local Telephone Diffusion in China
1Uncertainty Decision-Making Laboratory, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
2Department of Management, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou 545006, China
Received 5 July 2012; Revised 3 December 2012; Accepted 5 December 2012
Academic Editor: Xiang Li
Copyright © 2013 Zhigao Liao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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