Forwarded message from [martin.bichler@wu-wien.ac.at] sent originally on Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:00:57 +0200 (MET DST): : CALL FOR PAPERS : : Special Issue of the Electronic Commerce Research Journal : on : THEORY AND APPLICATION OF ELECTRONIC MARKET DESIGN : : http://www.baltzer.nl/ecr/calls/emdesign.asp : : Guest Editors : ------------- : Martin Bichler, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria : Simon Field, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland : Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Austria : : Scope & Topics : -------------- : Markets play a central role in the economy, facilitating the exchange of : information, goods, services, and payments. Recent years have seen an : enormous increase in the role of information technology in markets, in : particular the emergence of electronic marketplaces. Different matching : mechanisms are appropriate in different situations and there is not a : single solution for the various negotiation situations. Therefore, : economists, game theorists, and computer scientists have started to take : a direct role and designed various kinds of markets for computer : products, travel, insurance, and utilities such as power and : telecommunications bandwidth. What is so special about "electronic" : market design is the fact that a designer has many more possibilities to : design a matching mechanism and an associated negotiation protocol than : one would have for physical markets. Unfortunately, to date there is no : general, computational theory of negotiations and market design. The : design of electronic markets is a challenging task and involves a number : of disciplines including game theory, mechanism design theory, : simulation and laboratory experimentation. : : This special issue of the Electronic Commerce Research Journal is : devoted to the theory and application of market design. Topics for : submission include but are not limited to: : : - Mechanism design theory : - Simulation of market dynamics : - Computational exploration : - Game-theoretic analysis : - Experimental analysis : - Equilibrium Analysis : - Evolution of electronic markets : - Examples of innovative market design : - Innovative uses of negotiation protocols : - Optimal auction design : - Multi-stage and multi-dimensional auctions : (e.g. combinatorial or multi-attribute) : - Bargaining on electronic markets : - Pricing on electronic markets : - Product bundling and versioning : - Negotiation support systems : - Electronic contracting : - Market protocols and EDI : - Ontologies and product taxonomies : - Business rules for electronic markets : - Agent-based markets : - Electronic market middleware : - Trust and security : - Personalised selling via electronic markets : : Important Dates : --------------- : - Submission of Manuscripts: June 1, 2000 : - Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 2000 : - Publication of Special Issue due to: Early in 2001 : : Paper Submission : ---------------- : Authors are invited to submit original papers (in Word, Adobe PDF or : Postscript) to martin.bichler@wu-wien.ac.at. All manuscripts must not : contain the authors' names and should be formatted using the Baltzer : style file for authors. The style files can be found at : http://www.baltzer.nl/authors/. There is no page limit for submitted : papers. We encourage prospective authors to discuss possible articles : with the special issue editors before they submit. : : Contact : ------- : Contact Dr. Martin Bichler (martin.bichler@wu-wien.ac.at) for questions. : : -- : Martin Bichler Martin.Bichler@wu-wien.ac.at : Department of Information Systems : Vienna University of Economics and BA : : WWW: http://wwwi.wu-wien.ac.at/people/Bichler.html : Tel: ++43(1)31336-4448 : Fax: ++43(1)31336-746 : : <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> : 8th European Conference on Information Systems : in Vienna, Austria from 3rd to 5th of July, 2000 : Visit our web site at: http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at/ : <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

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