POPULAČNÁ DYNAMIKA KOMUNIKAČNÝCH TECHNOLÓGIÍ

• Authors: Baláž Vladimír

Title variants

EN

Population dynamics models of the communication technologies

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The paper applies concepts of population dynamics on evolution of communication technologies. 'Lotka-Volterra' equations are applied to examine dynamics of the communication technologies in Slovakia and Czech Republic in 1948 - 2006. The fixed lines and mobile phones are considered predatory technologies hunting for their 'prey' - voice service subscribers. Cohabitation of two technologies is modeled within framework of full competition. Each technology squeezes out carrying capacity of its competitor. The mobile phones, however, exert considerable larger impact on the number of fixed telephone lines than vice versa. The paper also considers some limitations of the population dynamics approaches in economic modeling and discusses the different growth strategies by the particular types of technologies.

Keywords

EN

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODELS; TECHNOLOGY CHANGE

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 113-130
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Baláž Vladimír

• V. Balaz, Ekonomicky ustav SAV, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04719001