Competitive dynamics in the operating systems market: Modeling and policy implications

Spyridoula Lakka, Christos Michalakelis, Dimitris Varoutas () and Draculis Martakos

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2013, vol. 80, issue 1, 88-105

Abstract: Based on concepts of population dynamics and organizational ecology, the study analyzes the evolutionary and competitive dynamics of the highly concentrated desktop/laptop operating systems market and draws conclusions on the impact of open source software on market competition. Market evolution is estimated and forecasted by applying the Lotka–Volterra model, which describes the competitive interaction of species for a common supply. Genetic algorithms are also deployed for the estimation of the model's parameters.

Keywords: Market structure; Market competition; Open source software; Lotka–Volterra model; Competing species; Ecology modeling; Genetic algorithms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.06.011

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