An Multi-agent-based Model for Consumer Panic Buying Behavior

An Agent-Based Model for Criminal Behavior

1. Introduction: An agent-based model (ABM) is a model generated by defining the behavior of each component or agent of a system, rather than the macro-behavior of the system on the whole. Often these agents can be described with a few simple laws and are thus easier to describe mathematically. Such models can be very useful in analyzing complex emergent phenomena and they are often the most na...

Stage antecedents of consumer online buying behavior

Unlike previous research which adopts simultaneous measures to examine customers’ satisfaction with the entire online shopping experience, this study examines two important stages of online buying behavior: ordering and fulfillment. The explicit consideration of the two stages acknowledges the fact that in an online environment, the two stages are distinct and there is a delay between the time ...

An agent-based model for consumer-to-business electronic commerce

Electronic commerce has changed the outlook of traditional business trading behavior. It is now common to see business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) commerce on the Internet. However, another type of model, consumer-to-business (C2B), is seldom found. A possible reason for this phenomenon is transaction cost; to unite a group of candidate buyers’ c...

Repeat Buying Behavior for Ornamental Plants: A Consumer Profile

This paper used an electronic survey conducted in Texas to study the main factors affecting the frequency of purchase, measured in transactions per month, for ornamental plants. While we found several differences in demographic characteristics of respondents, the two major factors impacting the frequency of buying for ornamental plants were the purpose of the purchase (self use vs. gifts) and s...

An agent-based diffusion model with consumer and brand agents