Formal verification of WAHS: an autonomous and wireless P2P auction handling system
NOTERE '08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on New technologies in distributed systems
Making an Agreement in an Order-Heterogeneous Group
NBiS '08 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Network-Based Information Systems
Migrating Auctioneers on Internet Auctions for Improved Utility and Performance
EPEW '09 Proceedings of the 6th European Performance Engineering Workshop on Computer Performance Engineering
A protocol for reliably, flexibly, and efficiently making agreement among peers
International Journal of Web and Grid Services
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents
Knowledge-Based Systems
Fairness and access control for mobile P2P auctions over MANETs
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
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The paper develops a distributed system architecture and proposes an implementation framework for conducting dependable Internet based on-line auctions, meeting the requirements of scalability and service integrity. Current auction services essentially rely on a central auction server. Given the increasing popularity and usage of electronic auctions, such a centralised approach is fundamentally restrictive with respect to scalability. Further, different national markets have different monetary regulations and may employ different procedures for payment settlements. Catering for local market autonomy means that decentralisation is an essential and practical requirement. With these design goals in mind, the paper presents a system architecture and a framework for a fault-tolerant implementation of the architecture.