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Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems

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34 CHAPTER 3. BASICS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMSwhere users <strong>of</strong> each product submit <strong>the</strong>ir ratings. Since <strong>the</strong>re is no actual differencein <strong>the</strong> product quality, <strong>the</strong> average rating scores are about <strong>the</strong> same between<strong>the</strong> two products, but <strong>the</strong> cus<strong>to</strong>mers can also see <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>tal number <strong>of</strong> submittedratings for each product, which shows how popular <strong>the</strong> product is in <strong>the</strong> market.Cus<strong>to</strong>mers tend <strong>to</strong> adopt a more popular choice. Answer <strong>the</strong> following questions:• What would <strong>the</strong> phase space <strong>of</strong> this system look like?• Are <strong>the</strong>re any attrac<strong>to</strong>rs? Are <strong>the</strong>re any basins <strong>of</strong> attraction?• How does <strong>the</strong> system’s fate depend on its initial state?• If you were in charge <strong>of</strong> marketing product A, what would you do?

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