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A secure mobile group buying system based on the concept of spontaneity

Chin-Ling Chen (Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan)
Yong-Yuan Deng (Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 3 October 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a secure mobile group-buying system for application on spontaneous group-buying websites.

Design/methodology/approach

The proposed mechanism uses the Schnorr digital signature technique.

Findings

The proposed scheme is able to satisfy many security requirements. The computation costs of each phase and party were also analyzed, and the communication cost of each phase was calculated.

Originality/value

The results indicate that the proposed scheme is suitable for real-world application.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C., under Contract Nos MOST 103-2632-E-324-001-MY3, MOST 105-2221-E-324-007, MOST 105-2622-E-212-008 -CC2.

Citation

Chen, C.-L. and Deng, Y.-Y. (2016), "A secure mobile group buying system based on the concept of spontaneity", Engineering Computations, Vol. 33 No. 7, pp. 2198-2215. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-08-2015-0228

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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