Information Sharing Using an Electronic Marketplace

Author

Montana, David ; Leung, Alice ; Brinn, Marshall

Author_Institution

BBN Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2005

fDate

5-12 March 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

16

Abstract

The intelligence failures preceding the September 11 terrorist attacks highlight critical shortcomings with the sharing of information between government organizations. Fixing these problems involves overcoming technological and cultural barriers, fostering openness while not endangering privacy and security. We describe an approach to information sharing using an electronic marketplace, similar in some respects to eBay, that facilitates and incentivizes cooperation while minimizing exposure to abuses of privacy and security. To investigate the properties of this approach, we have devised a game, Find the Ring, that centers on an electronic marketplace for information sharing among the players. We analyze this game theoretically and describe the results of experiments run using software agents as players

Keywords

data privacy; electronic commerce; information networks; security of data; software agents; data privacy; data security; electronic marketplace; government organizations; information sharing; software agents; Consumer electronics; Cultural differences; Databases; Game theory; Government; Information security; Intelligent agent; Marketing and sales; Privacy; Terrorism;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8870-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2005.1559619

Filename

1559619