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STATISTICAL CHALLENGES IN ECOMMERCE
FIRST INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
BETWEEN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, STATISTICS
AND RELATED FIELDS
Date:
May 22-23, 2005
SYNOPSIS:
Electronic commerce produces an
increasing amount of data-related
questions and problems. Modern
web-crawling technologies, which allow
for a convenient collection of data from
the Internet, result in huge databases. 
The openness of online marketplaces
allows competitors to observe each
others moves. Traditional statistical
models are not designed for the amount
of data found on the web. They are also
not suited to take into account the
dynamics of online transactions as
competitors react to each others moves
in real time.
This workshop focuses on identifying problems and research questions related to empirical research in electronic commerce by bringing together researchers from Information Systems, Statistics and related fields to help better understand how these various lines of work connect to one another and how, together, they can contribute to the modernization and enhancement of empirical research methods for electronic commerce and our digital society at large.
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