Research Article

SPCTR: Sealed Auction-Based Procurement for Closest Pre-Tender with Range Validation

Algorithm 2

BidRPrf.
Input:
Supplier: the bid , the values ;
Output:
PM: True or False
Supplier: ;
(1)At supplier:
(2)Choose and compute a commitment ;
(3)Compute , ,
(4)Send the commitment and to PM
(5)At PM:
(6)Send a challenge to the supplier;
(7)At supplier:
(8)Set , , ;
(9)Send to PM
(10)At PM:
(11)if then
(12) Accept the proof
(13)return True
(14)else
(15) Reject the proof;
(16)return False;