Counteracting shill bidding in online english auction

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 245-263

  Bhargava, Bharat ^a   Jenamani, Mamata ^b   Zhong, Yuhui ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bidder expected utility; Equilibrium bidding strategy; Online English auction; Shill bidding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BIDDER EXPECTED UTILITY; EQUILIBRIUM BIDDING STRATEGY; ONLINE ENGLISH AUCTION; SHILL BIDDING;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 21144434054     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843005001158     Document Type: Article

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