Decision-Making Mechanism of Cooperative Innovation between Clients and Service Providers Based on Evolutionary Game Theory

Table 2

List of notations.

Symbol	Description
	Basic benefit of the client when both parties adopt the noncooperation strategy
	Basic benefit of the service provider when both parties adopt the noncooperation strategy
	Innovation benefit obtained by client when it innovates independently
	Innovation cost bore by client when it innovates independently
	Spillover coefficient when the client innovates independently
	Innovation benefit obtained by the service provider when it innovates independently
	Innovation cost bore by the service provider when it innovates independently
	Spillover coefficient when the service provider innovates independently
	Penalty amount for the party that does not adopt the cooperation strategy while the other party does
	Excess benefit when the two parties both adopt the cooperation strategy
	Benefit distribution proportion of the client when the two parties both adopt the cooperation strategy
	Innovation cost when the two parties both adopt the cooperation strategy
	Cost sharing proportion of the client when the two parties both adopt the cooperation strategy