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An Optimistic Fair Exchange E-commerce Protocol with Automated Dispute Resolution

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Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web 2000)

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In this paper we propose an e-commerce protocol with the following features: (1) ensures true fair exchange, (2) does not require manual dispute resolution in case of unfair behavior by any party, (3) does not require the active involvement of a trusted third party, (4) allows the customer to verify that the product he is about to receive is the one he is paying for, and (5) can be used for the fair exchange of any two digital items.

This work has been partially supported by the NSF grant EIA 9977548, and by the University of Michigan-Dearborn Faculty Research Grant and Summer Research Grant.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA

    Indrakshi Ray & Indrajit Ray

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  1. IFI, University of Zürich, Winterthurer Str. 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Kurt Bauknecht

  2. Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Sanjay Kumar Madria

  3. Department of Information Systems, University of Essen, Universitätsstr. 9, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Günther Pernul

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Ray, I., Ray, I. (2000). An Optimistic Fair Exchange E-commerce Protocol with Automated Dispute Resolution. In: Bauknecht, K., Madria, S.K., Pernul, G. (eds) Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies. EC-Web 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1875. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44463-7_8

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