This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on applications of economic and
pricing models for resource management in cloud networking. To achieve sustainable profit …

The Internet's computational power and flexibility have made auctions a widespread and
integral part of both consumer and business markets. Though online auctions are a multi …

We suggest an architecture for executing protocols for auctions and, more generally,
mechanism design. Our goal is to preserve the privacy of the inputs of the participants (so …

In the early 21st century, the Internet has become the most discussed topic in business and
in the media more generally. The speed of development of electronic marketing has been …

The group-buying auction is a new kind of dynamic pricing mechanism on the Internet. It is a
variant of the sellers' price double auction, which makes the bidders as a group through …

Today, new media enter our lives faster than ever before. This volume provides a complete,
state-of-the-art overview of the newest media technologies and how they can be used in …

The number of Internet auction shoppers is rapidly growing. However, online auction
customers may suffer from auction fraud, sometimes without even noticing it. In-auction fraud …

This is a study of social facilitation effects in online auctions. We focus on the growth in
online auctions, and the emergence of instant messaging and communication availability …

Although there has recently been an increased practitioner and media focus on electronic
marketplaces, there still remains confusion over the advantages of participation. As a …

Given the strong interest in online auctions, we found it useful to survey the popular and
professional (but not academic) press regarding the commercial and cultural development of …