内容简介
Thisgroundbreakingbookintroducestheapplicationofstatisticalmethodologiestoe-CommercedataWiththeexpandingpresenceoftechnologyintoday'seconomicmarket,theuseoftheInternetforbuying,selling,andinvestingisgrowingmorepopularandpublicinnature.StatisticalMethodsine-CommerceResearchisthefirstbookofitskindtofocusonthestatisticalmodelsandmethodsthatareessentialinordertoanalyzeinformationfromelectronic-commerce(e-Commerce)transactions,identifythechallengesthatarisewithnewe-Commercedatastructures,anddiscovernewknowledgeaboutconsumeractivity.Thiscollectiongathersoverthirtyresearchersandpractitionersfromthefieldsofstatistics,computerscience,informationsystems,andmarketingtodiscussthegrowinguseofstatisticalmethodsine-Commerceresearch.Fromprivacyprotectiontoeconomicimpact,thebookfirstidentifiesthemanyobstaclesthatareencounteredwhilecollecting,cleaning,exploring,andanalyzinge-Commercedata.Solutionstotheseproblemsarethensuggestedusingestablishedandnewlydevelopedstatisticalanddataminingmethods.Finally,alookintothefutureofthisevolvingareaofstudyisprovidedthroughanin-depthdiscussionoftheemergingmethodsforconductinge-Commerceresearch.StatisticalMethodsine-CommerceResearchsuccessfullybridgesthegapbetweenstatisticsande-Commerce,introducingastatisticalapproachtosolvingchallengesthatariseinthecontextofonlinetransactions,whilealsointroducingawiderangeofe-Commerceapplicationsandproblemswherenovelstatisticalmethodologyiswarranted.Itisanidealtextforcoursesone-Commerceattheupper-undergraduateandgraduatelevelsandalsoservesasavaluablereferenceforresearchersandanalystsacrossawidearrayofsubjectareas,includingeconomics,marketing,andinformationsystemswhowouldliketogainadeeperunderstandingoftheuseofstatisticsintheirwork.
作者简介
WolfgangJank,PhD,isAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofDecision,Operations&InformationTechnologiesattheRobertH.SmithSchoolofBusiness,theUniversityofMaryland.Hehasauthoredorcoauthoredoverfiftyrefereedarticlesinhisareasofresearchinterest,whichincludestochasticoptimizationandMonteCarlomethods;nonparametricstatisticsandfunctionaldataanalysis;andtheapplicationofstatisticalproblem-solvingtoelectroniccommerce,marketing,aviation,andoperationsmanagement.GalitShmueli,PhD,isAssociateProfessorandDirectoroftheeMarketsResearchLaboratoryintheDepartmentofDecision,Operations&InformationTechnologiesattheRobertH.SmithSchoolofBusiness,theUniversityofMaryland.Shehasauthoredorcoauthoredoverfiftyrefereedarticlesinhermainareaofresearch:thedevelopmentandadoptionofstatisticalmethodstononstandarddatawithapplicationstothefieldsofelectroniccommerceandbiosurveillance.Dr.ShmueliisthecoauthorofDataMiningforBusinessIntelligence:Concepts,Techniques,andApplicationsinMicrosoftOfficeExcel?withXLMiner?,alsopublishedbyWiley.