
Bielefeld University
Department of Business Administration and Economics
Universitaetsstr. 25
D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
Phone: +49 521.106-4894
E-Mail: t.elbracht@uni-bielefeld.de
Office: UHG V9-146, Lage-/Raumplan
Elbracht T., Klügl F., Stummer C. (2026) The emergence of saddles in new product adoption curves: A computational study. Annual Meeting of the German Network for New Economic Dynamics (GENED), Bielefeld, Germany, Sept. 28-30 [forthcoming]
Elbracht T., Klügl F., Stummer C. (2026) Finding saddles in innovation adoption curves: An HPC-supported simulation-optimization approach (Poster). NHR Conference '26, Paderborn, Germany, Sept. 14-17 [forthcoming]
Bartsch M., Tolkmitt F., Ackermann T., Dawid H., Elbracht T., Günther M., Stummer C. (2026) Rise and restriction of the genetive apostrophe in German: Assessing the impact of stigmatisation using agent-based modelling. Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Bielefeld, Germany, July 31-Sept. 2
Elbracht T., Klügl F., Stummer C. (2026) When adoption peaks twice: An agent-based simulation of saddle curves in innovation diffusion. Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2026), Vienna, Austria, July 12-17
Günther M., Ackermann T., Bartsch M., Dawid H., Elbracht T., Stummer C., Tolkmitt F. (2026) Simulating the emergence, rise and restriction of a language innovation: The case of the genitive apostrophe in German. Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2026), Vienna, Austria, July 12-17
Elbracht T., Stummer C. (2026) Are complex social networks always better? An agent-based simulation study on modeling innovation diffusion. EAEPE RA[X] Workshop 2026: From Creative Destruction to Successful Transformation, Herford, Germany, June 11
Elbracht T., Stummer C. (2026) The role of social networks in calibrating innovation diffusion: Computational experiments with an agent-based simulation. International Workshop on Complexity in Innovation, Management, and Economics (CIME2026), Klagenfurt, Austria, May 7-8
Elbracht T., Klügl F., Stummer C. (2025) Beyond the bell curve: An agent-based simulation featuring a saddle for innovation adoption over time. Meeting of the GOR-Working Group "Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems", Munich, Germany, Nov. 6-7
Günter M., Ackermann T., Bartsch M., Dawid H., Elbracht T., Stummer C., Tolkmitt F.J. (2025) Wenn das Apostroph manchmal falsch steht: Eine agentenbasierte Simulation zur Sprachentwicklung. Meeting of the GOR-Working Group "Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems", Munich, Germany, Nov. 6-7
Elbracht T., Stummer C. (2025) The value of consumer heterogeneity in simulating innovation diffusion: A computational experiment based on the Bass model. International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2025), Bielefeld, Germany, Sept. 2-5
Elbracht T., Klügl F., Stummer C. (2025) It does not have to be a bell: An agent-based simulation of unusual innovation adoption curves. Social Simulation Conference 2025, Delft, The Netherlands, Aug. 25-29
Elbracht T., Günther M., Stummer C. (2024) The role of consumer heterogeneity in innovation diffusion: Insights from an agent-based simulation study. Meeting of the GOR-Working Group "Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems", Bielefeld, Germany, Nov. 7-8
Elbracht T., Günther M., Kohlweyer D. (2024) Panel discussion on experiences with the application of tools for the implementation of simulations. Meeting of the GOR-Working Group "Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems", Bielefeld, Germany, Nov. 7-8
Elbracht T., Stummer C. (2024) The heterogeneity effect in modeling innovation diffusion: Findings from an agent-based simulation experiment. European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXXIII), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30 - July 3
Elbracht T., Stummer C. (2023) Better than Bass: An agent-based simulation of innovation diffusion. International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2023), Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1