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Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator
Dissertation (MEng (Electronic))--University of Pretoria, 2004.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27946 Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator Craig, Ian K. henning@swissmail.org Viljoen, Johannes Henning Decision support systems Optimal control Management system Forecasts Telecommunication Global system for mobile communications (GSM) Average revenue per user (ARPU) Predictive control Model based control UCTD Dissertation (MEng (Electronic))--University of Pretoria, 2004. A South African GSM telecommunications market consisting of two incumbents and an entering third player, is modelled utilising a non-linear, system dynamics approach. The model calculates subscriber choice based on a calculated utility. The utility is used to obtain a probability which is fed into a Bass type differential equation relating the different states in the model to their time derivatives. The model encapsulates all the prominent postpaid price plans in the market, as well as five different demographic market segments. Model Predictive Control is used to synthesise a linear feedback controller which uses the observed market state to optimally determine a price time series for one of the operators’ products. The series will maximise Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for the operator over the simulation time interval. Besides ARPU, the controller is also able to increase total revenue and minimise churn over the simulated interval for the optimising operator, and thus provides valuable decision support to the marketing management of such an operator. Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:38:46Z 2004-09-15 2013-09-07T12:38:46Z 2004-07-08 2004 2004-09-15 Dissertation Viljoen, J 2004, Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator, MEng dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27946 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27946 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09152004-100823/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Decision support systems Optimal control Management system Forecasts Telecommunication Global system for mobile communications (GSM) Average revenue per user (ARPU) Predictive control Model based control UCTD Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title | Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title_full | Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title_fullStr | Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title_short | Modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| title_sort | modelling and optimal control of the market of a telecommunications operator |
| topic | Decision support systems Optimal control Management system Forecasts Telecommunication Global system for mobile communications (GSM) Average revenue per user (ARPU) Predictive control Model based control UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27946 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09152004-100823/ |