Mobile Agent-Based Auction Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 471-480
Author(s):  
Sheng-Uei Guan
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Online Auctions ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
Electronic Transactions ◽  
The World ◽  
Internet Platform ◽  
Internet Connections

Electronic Commerce: A Booming Industry There is now a gradual shift of many of the traditional business models from the real world to the Internet platform; of these models, auction service is most successful. The existence and development of numerous auction Web sites, such as eBay and OnSale Inc., have demonstrated the survivability of electronic auctions in online transactions. However, current Web-based systems suffer from shortcomings in the following aspects: • Fairness and Friendliness: Due to the different conditions of Internet connections, users across different regions may suffer from the inadequacy of limited bandwidth, especially when participating bidders are distributed across the world. This global nature also makes online auctions difficult to adapt to the potential users across the world. • Security and Privacy: Security concern is one of the important issues users consider when using electronic transactions. Many users also wish to be guaranteed of privacy when doing business. • Intelligence and Flexibility: The vast majority of electronic auction customers are not Internet experts but ordinary people that do not know much about the technical details. Current Web-based auction systems require too much user intervention. It would be commercially profitable if intelligent assistance is provided.

Mobile Agent-Based Auction Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 747-753
Author(s):  
Sheng-Uei Guan
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Online Auctions ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
Electronic Transactions ◽  
The World ◽  
Internet Platform ◽  
Internet Connections

Electronic Commerce: A Booming Industry There is now a gradual shift of many of the traditional business models from the real world to the Internet platform; of these models, auction service is most successful. The existence and development of numerous auction Web sites, such as eBay and OnSale Inc., have demonstrated the survivability of electronic auctions in online transactions. However, current Web-based systems suffer from shortcomings in the following aspects: • Fairness and Friendliness: Due to the different conditions of Internet connections, users across different regions may suffer from the inadequacy of limited bandwidth, especially when participating bidders are distributed across the world. This global nature also makes online auctions difficult to adapt to the potential users across the world. • Security and Privacy: Security concern is one of the important issues users consider when using electronic transactions. Many users also wish to be guaranteed of privacy when doing business. • Intelligence and Flexibility: The vast majority of electronic auction customers are not Internet experts but ordinary people that do not know much about the technical details. Current Web-based auction systems require too much user intervention. It would be commercially profitable if intelligent assistance is provided.

An Electronic Auction Service Framework Based on Mobile Software Agents

2009 ◽  
pp. 1640-1652
Author(s):  
Sheng-Uei Guan
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Common People ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Electronic Auctions ◽  
Electronic Auction ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

With electronic commerce revolutionizing the traditional way of doing business, electronic auction service has been one of the many business models that were proven to be a success. The existence and development of numerous auction Web sites, such as eBay (www.ebay.com) and OnSale Inc. (www.onsale.com) have demonstrated the survivability of electronic auctions in online transactions. Considering some of the new forms of electronic auctions currently on the Internet, such as the “Get it together” network (www.accompany.com), where group bidding and negotiation is applied, it could be said that the definition of auctions is no longer restricted to that of its traditional meaning but also has been extended electronically. An auction may be an ideal way for a business to sell excess inventory and goods because it has attracted many of the common people that do not really participate in the real-world counterpart. However, current Web-based auction (e-auction) systems suffer from shortcomings in the following aspects: • Fairness and Friendliness: Different conditions of Internet connections, such as varying speeds, introduce unfairness among participating bidders. • Security and Privacy: The messages transmitted via the Internet are exposed to malicious attacks and may incur security problems. Also, in an auction, users may wish to be guaranteed privacy, for example, a bidder may not want to disclose his or her real identity until the auction closes and he or she is declared the winner. • Intelligence and Flexibility: It is important for an e-auction service to be intelligent to cater to the needs of potential auction customers who are not into the Internet. However, current Web-based auction systems require too much user intervention. Because the process can be tedious and risky for these users, they may not want to engage in e-auction services. Thus, it would be commercially profitable if intelligent assistance is provided.

An Electronic Auction Service Framework Based on Mobile Software Agents

2011 ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Uei Guan
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Common People ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Electronic Auctions ◽  
Electronic Auction ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

With electronic commerce revolutionizing the traditional way of doing business, electronic auction service has been one of the many business models that were proven to be a success. The existence and development of numerous auction Web sites, such as eBay (www.ebay.com) and OnSale Inc. (www.onsale.com) have demonstrated the survivability of electronic auctions in online transactions. Considering some of the new forms of electronic auctions currently on the Internet, such as the “Get it together” network (www.accompany.com), where group bidding and negotiation is applied, it could be said that the definition of auctions is no longer restricted to that of its traditional meaning but also has been extended electronically. An auction may be an ideal way for a business to sell excess inventory and goods because it has attracted many of the common people that do not really participate in the real-world counterpart. However, current Web-based auction (e-auction) systems suffer from shortcomings in the following aspects: • Fairness and Friendliness: Different conditions of Internet connections, such as varying speeds, introduce unfairness among participating bidders. • Security and Privacy: The messages transmitted via the Internet are exposed to malicious attacks and may incur security problems. Also, in an auction, users may wish to be guaranteed privacy, for example, a bidder may not want to disclose his or her real identity until the auction closes and he or she is declared the winner. • Intelligence and Flexibility: It is important for an e-auction service to be intelligent to cater to the needs of potential auction customers who are not into the Internet. However, current Web-based auction systems require too much user intervention. Because the process can be tedious and risky for these users, they may not want to engage in e-auction services. Thus, it would be commercially profitable if intelligent assistance is provided.

Web 2.0 and Beyond-Participation Culture on the Web

2009 ◽  
pp. 1537-1544
Author(s):  
August-Wilhelm Scheer
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Server Side ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
The Web

The emergence of what we call today the World Wide Web, the WWW, or simply the Web, dates back to 1989 when Tim Berners-Lee proposed a hypertext system to manage information overload at CERN, Switzerland (Berners-Lee, 1989). This article outlines how his approaches evolved into the Web that drives today’s information society and explores its full potentials still ahead. The formerly known wide-area hypertext information retrieval initiative quickly gained momentum due to the fast adoption of graphical browser programs and standardization activities of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In the beginning, based only on the standards of HTML, HTTP, and URL, the sites provided by the Web were static, meaning the information stayed unchanged until the original publisher decided for an update. For a long time, the WWW, today referred to as Web 1.0, was understood as a technical mean to publish information to a vast audience across time and space. Data was kept locally and Web sites were only occasionally updated by uploading files from the client to the Web server. Application software was limited to local desktops and operated only on local data. With the advent of dynamic concepts on server-side (script languages like hypertext preprocessor (PHP) or Perl and Web applications with JSP or ASP) and client-side (e.g., JavaScript), the WWW became more dynamic. Server-side content management systems (CMS) allowed editing Web sites via the browser during run-time. These systems interact with multiple users through PHP-interfaces that push information into server-side databases (e.g., mySQL) which again feed Web sites with content. Thus, the Web became accessible and editable not only for programmers and “techies” but also for the common user. Yet, technological limitations such as slow Internet connections, consumer-unfriendly Internet rates, and poor multimedia support still inhibited a mass-usage of the Web. It needed broad-band Internet access, flat rates, and digitalized media processing to catch on.

Albert Einstein online

First Monday ◽  
1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hierarchical Tree ◽  
The World ◽  
Random Nature ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

The power of the World Wide Web, it is commonly believed, lies in the vast information it makes available; "Content is king," the mantra runs. This image creates the conception of the Internet as most of us envision it: a vast, horizontal labyrinth of pages which connect almost arbitrarily to each other, creating a system believed to be "democratic" in which anyone can publish Web pages. I am proposing a new, vertical and hierarchical conception of the Web, observing the fact that almost everyone searching for information on the Web has to go through filter Web sites of some sort, such as search engines, to find it. The Albert Einstein Online Web site provides a paradigm for this re-conceptualization of the Web, based on a distinction between the wealth of information and that which organizes it and frames the viewers' conceptions of the information. This emphasis on organization implies that we need a new metaphor for the Internet; the hierarchical "Tree" would be more appropriate organizationally than a chaotic "Web." This metaphor needs to be changed because the current one implies an anarchic and random nature to the Web, and this implication may turn off potential Netizens, who can be scared off by such overwhelming anarchy and the difficulty of finding information.

Managing E-business

2011 ◽  
pp. 254-269
Author(s):  
Keng Siau ◽  
Shane Meakim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
The United States ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Near Future

What would you do if I told you that I could read your mind? Given that I am not a psychic, but a Web site administrator, you would probably not believe me. There are organizations that maintain databases of almost every consumer in the United States and even the world. One organization claims to have a database that encompasses 90% of all US consumers. Once an organization was given the name of a man and was told he lived in the US. In less than 48 hours they found where he worked, where he lived, who he was married to, how many times he was married, the contents of his financial portfolio, what credit cards he had, and what he bought at grocery stores. Amazingly, this information was obtained legally from various Web sites. The fact that you use a computer at home does not ensure your anonymity. You are being tracked in more ways than you could possibly think. As you surf the Net, facts are compiled about you. These pieces of information can range from the places or sites you visit and how long you stayed there to where you come from. These issues concerning trust, security, and privacy in cyberspace must be addressed in the near future and are critical to the growth of electronic business (Siau & Whitacre, 2001; Keen et al., 2000; Turban et al., 2000; Fingar et al., 2000; Kaufman et al., 1995; Ford & Baum, 1997).

Evaluating Web Site Support Capabilities in Sell-Side B2B Transaction Processes

2012 ◽  
pp. 53-81
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsi J. Hung ◽  
Chia-An Tsai ◽  
Shin-Yuan Hung ◽  
Robert McQueen ◽  
Jau-Jeng Jou
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Transaction Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Business To Business

Business-to-business (B2B) transactions supported by the World Wide Web (Web) have become a major portion of e-commerce transactions. Despite growth, knowledge of the degree of Web site support capabilities in the B2B transaction process is limited. This paper longitudinally compares how Web sites supported the B2B transaction process in New Zealand and Taiwan between 2001 and 2007. The results indicate that, on average, New Zealand Web sites scored higher than those in Taiwan in both years. Yet, the rate of improvement of Taiwanese Web site scores is significant. Specifically, the support capability of several Web functions, including privacy, company information, financial information and product catalog has improved over the study period. The authors found that the sampled Web sites in New Zealand and Taiwan provide different support capabilities to the activities in the B2B transaction process. Taiwanese Web sites are more concerned with providing after-sale services via the Internet whereas New Zealand Web sites are more concerned with sharing information. These two countries’ Web sites share a similar focus on supporting B2B transactions, which provides strong support for users to conduct product promotion and information provision related activities over the Web. Based on these findings, this study suggests several implications for associated academics and practitioners.

Evaluating Web Site Support Capabilities in Sell-Side B2B Transaction Processes

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsi J. Hung ◽  
Chia-An Tsai ◽  
Shin-Yuan Hung ◽  
Robert McQueen ◽  
Jau-Jeng Jou
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Transaction Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Business To Business

Business-to-business (B2B) transactions supported by the World Wide Web (Web) have become a major portion of e-commerce transactions. Despite growth, knowledge of the degree of Web site support capabilities in the B2B transaction process is limited. This paper longitudinally compares how Web sites supported the B2B transaction process in New Zealand and Taiwan between 2001 and 2007. The results indicate that, on average, New Zealand Web sites scored higher than those in Taiwan in both years. Yet, the rate of improvement of Taiwanese Web site scores is significant. Specifically, the support capability of several Web functions, including privacy, company information, financial information and product catalog has improved over the study period. The authors found that the sampled Web sites in New Zealand and Taiwan provide different support capabilities to the activities in the B2B transaction process. Taiwanese Web sites are more concerned with providing after-sale services via the Internet whereas New Zealand Web sites are more concerned with sharing information. These two countries’ Web sites share a similar focus on supporting B2B transactions, which provides strong support for users to conduct product promotion and information provision related activities over the Web. Based on these findings, this study suggests several implications for associated academics and practitioners.

Security and Privacy in Social Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 1706-1717
Author(s):  
Barbara Carminati ◽  
Elena Ferrari ◽  
Andrea Perego
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Private Data

Web-based social networks (WBSNs) are online communities that allow users to publish resources (e.g., personal data, annotations, blogs) and to establish relationships, possibly of a different type (“friend,” “colleague,” etc.) for purposes that may concern business, entertainment, religion, dating, and so forth. In the last few years, the usage and diffusion of WBSNs has been increasing, with about 300 Web sites collecting the information of more than 400 million registered users. As a result, the “net model” is today used more and more to communicate, share information, make decisions, and ‘do business’ by companies and organizations (Staab et al., 2005). Regardless of the purpose of a WBSN, one of the main reasons for participating in social networking is to share and exchange information with other users. Recently, thanks to the adoption of Semantic Web technologies such as FOAF and other RDF-based vocabularies (Brickley & Miller, 2005; Davis & Vitiello, 2005; Golbeck, 2004), accessing and disseminating information over multiple WBSNs has been made simpler (Ding, Zhou, Finin, & Joshi, 2005). If this has been quite a relevant improvement towards an easier sharing of information, it makes more urgent that content owners have control over information access. In fact, making available possibly sensitive and private data and resources implies that they can be used by third parties for purposes different from the intended ones. As a matter of fact, users’ personal data and resources are regularly exploited not only by companies for marketing purposes, but also by governments and institutions for tracking persons’ behaviors and opinions, and in the worst case, by online predators (Barnes, 2006).

scholarly journals The auction trade in Russia

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
V. Yu. Saprykina ◽  
V. F. Milvanov
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Online Auctions ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Market Relations

Auction trading is a form of market relations, it is a specially organized operating market in which transactions of purchase and sale are carried out by price competition between buyers. The auction is an open auction of various valuable items: collectible and antique items, precious products, coffee, tea, fur, other raw materials and various finished goods.Conclusion auction trade to a new level contributed to the rapid development of the Internet. Every year the number of online auctions and the number of their participants is growing. Online auctions are one of the most important and promising business models in the world economy. The importance of online auctions is determined by the fact that they are a cost-effective tool in the modern mechanism of market economy, and their implementation contributes to a significant increase in the effectiveness of foreign economic activity of enterprises, the formation of conditions for the development of modern infrastructure of foreign trade.To date, the share of online auctions in the turnover of e-Commerce is up to 25% in theUSand up to 40% inGermany. Despite the fact that the auction is widespread in the world, inRussiatheir conduct for a long time was extremely limited. The reform of the Russian economy has caused the rapid development of auction activities in all its forms.

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