Survival trees : a new method in innovation theory : a successful introduction of a method commonly used in survival analysis into the field of innovation diffusion theory /
Hauptbeschreibung This book deals with survival trees and their application to the analysis and prediction of innovation diffusion processes. Three major contributions of the book are noteworthy: Firstly, the author presents a very comprehensive, accurate and accessible overview of the current resea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hamburg :
Anchor Academic Pub.,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Survival trees
- a new method in innovation theory; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Context of Thesis; 1.2 Contribution of Thesis; 1.3 Structure & Internal Pattern of Thesis; 2 Modelling Censored Event Data in the Context of Innovation Adoption- and Diffusion Theory; 2.1 Analysing and Forecasting Innovation Diffusion by Dynamic Micro Models; 2.2 General Concepts and Terminologies; 2.3 Statistical Framework; 2.4 Classical Methods for the Analysis of Event History Data; 3 Presentation and Analysis of the Survival Tree Method; 3.1 Review of CARTTM.
- 3.2 Principle Framework & Mechanics of Survival Trees3.3 Splitting, Pruning, Tree-Selection & Alternative Proposals for Survival Trees; 3.4 Final Assessment; 4 The use of Survival Trees to Forecast Innovation Diffusion; 4.1 Applicability of Available Software; 4.2 Data Description & Handling; 4.3 Implementation; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Discussion; 5 Summary; 6 Appendix; 6.1 Classification and Regression Tree for E-purchase Adoption; 6.2 Cross Table for Sector and Country Coverage; 6.3 Variable Description and Handling; 6.4 R-Syntax for Survival Tree; 6.5 Data Output for E-purchase Survival Tree.
- 6.6 Saturated Survival Tree for E-purchase Adoption6.7 Original Survival Tree for E-purchase; 7 Indices; 7.1 Index of Abbreviations; 7.2 Index of Symbols; 7.3 Index of Synonyms; 7.4 Index of Tables; 7.5 Index of Figures; 8 Bibliography.