Modeling price dynamics in eBay auctions using differential equations

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 483, 2008, Pages 1100-1118

  Wang, Shanshan ^a   Jank, Wolfgang ^b   Shmueli, Galit ^b   Smith, Paul ^c  

^a DemandTec   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction dynamics; Functional data analysis; Multiple comparisons; Online auctions; Price curves; Principal differential analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949135399     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214508000000670     Document Type: Article

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