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Catalina Danis and Alison Lee
Abstract:
We present a design exploration for electronic futures exchange which
is currently implemented a physical open outcry pit. The goal structure
is characterized by com-petition at the individual level and cooperation
at the group level. Individuals compete for trades in order to earn money,
but must also agree to undertake a significant number of trades which
do not earn them money in order to sustain the market. This goal
structure makes the open outcry market an example of a social dilemma.
We analyze the social interaction fabric that exists in the open outcry
environment and identify a set of intents that characterize the system.
We then discuss how the affordances of the physical envi-ronment support
the satisfaction of the intents. In the design exploration we examine
which of these intents are still applicable in an electronic
implementation and discuss how the affordances of this medium shape
possible designs.
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