Reserve Pricing for an Internet Auction System

The purpose of this plan is to outline the aims and objectives of the Secure Auction System (SAS). The plan intends to illustrate the major workings of SAS. Detailed timescales are also provided in Section 7. The aim of the project is to design and implement SAS. SAS will allow internet users to choose from one of four single seller auction types to either sell or bid for goods, or browse the catalogue. The four different auction types to be implemented are open cry English, open cry Dutch, sealed bid first price, and sealed bid Vickery. In order for SAS to successfully fulfil this aim it must meet the following objectives: usability, functionality, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. 1 These can be seen in further detail in Figure 1. 1 These are the quality requirements specified for a Web application by R. Objectives Usability Functionality Reliability Efficiency Maintainability Global site style and layout User feedback and help Well designed user interfaced Fairness upheld in all auctions Site search capability Correct link mapping throughout site Relevant exception and error handling Effective form validation Client and server side page generation speed Response time and concurrent ability Easy site correction Easy site adaption Site extensions easily managed Robust site security Auction outcome verifiable by participants Appropriate auction security measures Relevant cryptographic capability SAS must provide support for the major web browsers 4 This document is split into several sections. The goal is to attempt to outline an initial design and specification for SAS. Section 2 details the requirements analysis, system architecture, and the tools that will be used during the implementation of SAS. The content analysis of section 3 takes the requirements analysis and produces a use case