Reasoning under uncertainty for shill detection in online auctions using Dempster-Shafer theory

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 943-973

  Dong, Fei ^a   Shatz, Sol M ^a   Xu, Haiping ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

DempsterShafer theory; knowledge representation; online auctions; Reasoning under uncertainty; shill detection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BIDDING BEHAVIOR; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; FALSE POSITIVE; MULTIPLE SOURCE; ONLINE AUCTIONS; REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; SHILL DETECTION; SINGLE SOURCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FORMAL LOGIC;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 79952371821     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194010005018     Document Type: Article

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