Modeling Online Auctions

WOLFGANG JANK, PhD, is Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, where he is also Director of the Center for Complexity in Business. He has published over seventy articles on statistics and data mining in electronic commerce, marketing, information systems, and operations management. Dr. Jank is the coauthor of Statistical Methods in e-Commerce Research (Wiley).

GALIT SHMUELI, PhD, is Associate Professor of Statistics and Director of the eMarkets Research Lab in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on statistical strategy and data mining methods for scientific research and real-world applications. Dr. Shmueli has published over sixty journal articles on statistical and data mining methods related to online auctions and biosurveillance. She is the coauthor of Statistical Methods in e-Commerce Research and Data Mining for Business Intelligence: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications in Microsoft Office Excel® with XLMiner®, Second Edition, both published by Wiley.