Multi-Agent Patterns for Deploying Online Auctions

Today, high volume of goods and services is being traded using online auction systems. The growth in size and complexity of architectures to support online auctions requires the use of distributed and cooperative software techniques. In this context, the agent software development paradigm seems ap-propriate both for their modeling, development and implementation. This chapter proposes an agent-oriented patterns analysis of best practices for online auction. The patterns are intended to help both IT managers and software engineers during the requirement specification of an on-line auction system while integrating benefits of agent software engineering.

Online bidding is known by several names, including electronic reverse bid auctions, reverse auctions or simply e-Auctions. Online bidding and auction system has been growing rapidly and extensively in Malaysia. It's become an increasingly popular method for transacting business, especially over the Internet. Online auction systems such as eBay and Lelong.com are the most visited and favorite's website by the users. This study will come out with a framework of bidding system where the registration number of new registered vehicle can be bid in a computerized environment. The framework is designed to be a simple and easy to use the system. It provides you with real-time information during the bidding so that you can check the current price for the registration number and use it as a reference when you submit or revise your bid. With this system, it could help users to obtain a number plate through an unsealed or open bidding process to own and drive a car. An agent will notify the winner by sending an email. With the features like bid notification, it will help the user to know the status of their bids.

This paper presents a study on the security challenges faced by online auction systems and proposes strategies to address them. The research methodology involved a literature review of existing studies. The main findings of the study suggest that the most common security threats faced by online auction systems include hacking, phishing, and fraud, which can have serious consequences for both buyers and sellers. To address these threats, the paper proposes a number of strategies, including the use of encryption, two-factor authentication, and secure payment systems. The study concludes that improved security measures in online auction systems can help to increase trust and confidence among users, which in turn can lead to greater participation and revenue for the industry. The implications of the study for the online auction industry and potential directions for future research are also discussed.

As campus network and shopping online have grown up, the development of online auction system becomes integrity. The online auction system based on the campus network provides a trading platform for university students, and does not deal with the trading process. So the online auction system must increase its quality of service to attract students. In this paper, we present a scheme for the online auction system using the unified modeling language (UML) technique. We adopt the two steps to design the scheme, and the design scheme of the system is made up of use case diagrams, activity diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, deployment diagrams. In addition, the scheme can provide certain reference values for constructing the campus electronic commerce and realizing the digital campus.

As the significant success of business enterprises, information system development becomes IT managers' concern to keep the balance between business and information system. The information system has an important role to deliver advantages to the business enterprises. To keep maintain these issues, information system should be developed to innovate the business process. However, in developing an information system, the information system process improvement may obtain the possibility of information system development failures. Therefore, to avoid the failures in implementing information systems there are some important factors. Those factors are called critical success factors (CSF). Therefore, this study observes the critical success factors (CSF) in information system development (ISD) projects. This systematic literature review discusses critical success factors in information system development. The method section determines the research question. It also describes how to collect and filter the data. The order of this research written is according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Checklist or also known as PRISMA Checklist. Therefore, to collect and filter the data, this systematic literature review uses Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses method or also known as PRISMA method. There were 20 papers selected to help this research based on the filtering papers due to PRISMA flow diagram. Most of those papers are discussing information system development and the rest are about factors of information system development. The result section has two parts, which are study characteristics and study results. This systematic literature review concluded that there are five critical success factors in developing information system projects. Those critical success factors are people, project, organization, knowledge, and expertise. Those critical success factors are also supported by several items of each factor. Therefore, the output of this research is expected to satisfy the information system development projects to meet the organizations' need and reduce also possibly avoid the failures in information system development projects.

Currently, the development of organizational information systems remains a complex task. Final software product quality often does not match expectations. The existence of organizational models is the first step to reduce complexity in the development of information systems. Within the life cycle of an information system, activities are still very dependent in quality, time, and costs on the human resource skills that staff them. The existence of automated mechanisms to transform client requirements into characteristics of running systems would bring added value to the resulting software product, either in product quality and time perspectives. In this proposal, the manipulation of requirements must be done using an understandable model for both software engineers and business process experts. This model should be used to automatically reshape the running organizational information system and be the basis for an automated information system generation. The usage of such mechanism can be done during a development project, but also after its implementation where standalone process experts could change the organization model, knowing that the changes, in an automated mode, would be transferred into the running system.

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This research paper explores the concept of e-Auction, an increasingly form of online procurement. There is fixed delivery policy. This is a fully dynamic system which can be easily operated by the users. This research paper explores all the increasing form of online procurement. Online e auction system is gaining popularity day by day because of its ease of making online bidding and selling or buying. Users can freely go the website and register there and it’s ready for selling or buying their product. The main thing that is needed to be there is trust among the users, so that they can easily register and take part in the process without having any doubt regarding security. The aim of any online system are related with two points that are: 1.Customer satisfaction 2.Business purpose. Therefore, to meet these requirements there must be need of making enhancements in the online auction system. This paper will explore the all forms of online procurement that we can make to improve the current system.

Open Multithreaded Transactions form an advanced transaction model that provides features for controlling and structuring not only accesses to objects, as usual in transaction systems, but also threads taking part in transactions. The model allows several threads to enter the same transaction in order to perform a joint activity. It provides a flexible way of manipulating threads executing inside a transaction by allowing them to be forked and terminated, but it restricts their behavior in order to guarantee correctness of transaction nesting and isolation among transactions. In addition, transactions are exception handling contexts, and the model therefore provides forward and backward error recovery. In this paper we show that the model is indeed powerful, and that a complex application, i.e. an online auction system, can be designed and implemented in a very elegant way.

An agent-based English auction protocol using Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem for mobile commerce

Group-buying online auction is a kind of dynamic pricing method. According to the weakness of the low-automation and advantages of the multi-agent, this paper introduces the multi-agent into the study on group-buying online auction. This paper discusses the automated negotiation protocols, negotiation strategies, system frame and provides the implementation algorithm of group-buying online auction by simulating the auction flow. The combination of multi-agent and the method of group-buying online auction not only supplements online auction theory but also has a good application prospect.Keywordsmulti-agentgroup-buyingonline auctionframe

The growing need for transparency, security, and fairness in online auction systems has highlighted the limitations of conventional centralized platforms, which are often prone to data manipulation, fraudulent activities, and lack of trust among participants. This research proposes a Blockchain-powered E-Auction Platform that leverages smart contracts and decentralized ledger technology to ensure secure, transparent, and tamper-proof bidding processes To enhance user engagement and communication, the platform integrates an AI-powered chatbot that acts as an intelligent mediator between buyers and sellers. The chatbot assists users throughout the auction process—answering queries, providing product details, guiding new participants, and facilitating smooth negotiation, this ensure a proper negotiation and commnucication between the buyer and the seller at all points of time.

Objectives . Agile methodologies are crucial in software engineering and information systems (IS) development. However, traditional training methods can struggle to convey abstract theoretical concepts effectively and may lead to reduced engagement. We propose that combining several learning methodologies and incorporating serious games and gamification strategies in training can offer a more innovative and engaging approach to improve comprehension. This article outlines a game-based learning strategy designed to instruct information systems students in agile development. Our approach is rooted in active learning principles, incorporating methodologies such as problem/project-based learning, microlearning, collaborative learning, and learning by doing. The course design unfolds in two phases. Initially, participants delve into short, serious games that vividly demonstrate theoretical concepts, followed by brief moments of theoretical exposition. In the subsequent phase, participants apply all the knowledge they have acquired through an extensive project. To illustrate and evaluate the overall process, this approach was implemented to teach Scrum in several training courses. Participants . The participants in this study were information technology and systems students at different academic levels. Study Method . The research model adopted in this work is based on the Design Science Research (DSR) method. Adhering to the DSR method, the study advanced through distinct phases: recognizing the challenge of engaging Agile Development education, formulating a solution with a course design that blends game-based learning and diverse learning methodologies, developing the course artifact, practically implementing it with Scrum with several groups in different contexts, and assessing its effectiveness using pre- and post-course quizzes. The course aimed to instruct participants in agile methods within information system development. Findings . Feedback from the courses was clearly positive, with participants expressing a preference for the proposed game-based approach over traditional expository lecture methods. Pre- and post-course knowledge quizzes revealed a noteworthy increase in correct answers and overall scores in the end. Conclusions . The novelty lies in an integrated approach that combines multiple active learning methodologies—such as game-based learning, microlearning, collaborative learning, project-based learning, and learning by doing—to facilitate the comprehension of theoretical concepts through practical application.

Online auction website is one form of utilization of information technology provided by auction platforms in Indonesia to facilitate the auction process digitally, including the management of asset data, bids, and transactions. Management of auction information systems that are not managed properly can have an impact on the low quality of service, which in turn can affect the level of trust of users and stakeholders in the platform. Therefore, an Analysis of Information Technology Governance in the Auction Information System Using the COBIT 2019 Framework is needed to ensure that IT management is carried out effectively and efficiently in accordance with established standards. The purpose of this study is to improve the auction website system. This study uses a descriptive approach method. This study involved 86 participants. COBIT 2019 was chosen as the reference model in evaluating IT governance. The data collection technique used was a questionnaire.

Since today's enterprises must constantly adapt to rapidly changing external environment, it is necessary to be able to deal with variation and changing conditions in information systems (IS) development. This may be achieved by the use of multifractal IS development methodologies. Fractal approaches to some extent have already been tested in adaptive enterprise development, adaptive manufacturing systems development, and software development. This suggests that multifractal IS development, on the one hand, is appropriate, because the information system should properly reflect the business enterprise (in this case a fractal one) and, on the other hand, it is possible, because some elements of it have already been implemented. Development of multifractal IS aims at managing relative completeness by relative simplicity that has to be discovered in different subsystems that influence the development of the information system. This, in essence, implies the need of thorough analysis an understanding of business structures and processes to discover patterns useful for the identification of fractal features. Currently, only some guidelines for development of multifractal IS are derived from reported experiences of fractal systems development and the use of fractal approaches in other domains.