Title
Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Auctions
Abstract
This paper proposes a flexible architecture for the creation of Internet auctions. It allows the custom definition of the auction parameters, and provides a decentralized control of the auction process. Auction policies are defined as laws in the Law Governed Interaction (LGI) paradigm. Each of these laws specifies not only the auction algorithm itself (e.g., open-cry, Dutch, etc.) but also how to handle the other parameters usually involved in the online auctions, such as certification, auditioning, and treatment of complaints. LGI is used to enforce the rules established in the auction policy within the agents involved in the process. After the agents find out about the actions, they interact in a peer-to-peer communication protocol, reducing the role of the centralized auction room to an advertising registry, and taking profit of the distributed nature of the Internet to conduct the auction. The paper presents an example of an auction law, illustrating the use of the proposed architecture.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1023/B:ELEC.0000045971.43390.c0
Electronic Commerce Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
auction algorithm,online auction,online auctions,auction law,auction process,flexible architecture,centralized auction room,auction parameter,auction policy,decentralized peer-to-peer auctions,law-governed interaction,internet auction,proposed architecture,decentralized control,communication protocol
Eauction,Computer science,Combinatorial auction,Commerce,Generalized second-price auction,Vickrey–Clarke–Groves auction,Auction theory,Forward auction,Auction algorithm,Revenue equivalence,Marketing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
1
1572-9362
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.46
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marcus Fontoura1111661.74
Mihail Ionescu2454.38
Naftaly Minsky39416.36