Research on e-commerce transaction networks using multi-agent modelling and open application programming interface

Authors:
Chunhui Piao;Xufang Han;Harris Wu
Affiliations:
School of Economics and Management, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, China,School of Information, Renmin University, Beijing, China;School of Information Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, China;Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Venue:
Enterprise Information Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We provide a formal definition of an e-commerce transaction network. Agent-based modelling is used to simulate e-commerce transaction networks. For real-world analysis, we studied the open application programming interfaces (APIs) from eBay and Taobao e-commerce websites and captured real transaction data. Pajek is used to visualise the agent relationships in the transaction network. We derived one-mode networks from the transaction network and analysed them using degree and betweenness centrality. Integrating multi-agent modelling, open APIs and social network analysis, we propose a new way to study large-scale e-commerce systems.