Erratum

Mechanisms for Dealing With the Unexpected in Small-Scale Contracting Using Smart Contracts

Volume: 2 Number: 2 July 22, 2025

Mechanisms for Dealing With the Unexpected in Small-Scale Contracting Using Smart Contracts

The original article was published on June 30, 2025. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tcsa/article/1653102

Erratum Note

This article has been corrected at the request of the authors. The following amendments have been made to the version originally published: ORCID Placement: The ORCID identifiers initially appeared with departmental affiliations. These have been correctly reassigned to individual authors, as each author has multiple affiliations. ORCIDs now appear next to the relevant names. Affiliation Numbering: The original manuscript listed two affiliation labels as “c.” This duplication has been corrected in the revised version. Author Affiliations: Donald P. Warsing has been updated to reflect correct institutional affiliations. He is now listed with the Department of Business Management and the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics, and no longer affiliated with the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. Kristin Thoney-Barletta has been updated to be affiliated solely with the Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology & Management, and no longer with the Department of Business Management. Citation Update: All in-text references to “Fukuzawa et al. (2024)” have been updated to reflect the forthcoming TCSA publication (2025), where applicable. Formatting and Editorial Corrections: Page 20: “RQ3” was embedded under “RQ2.” It now appears as a separate, clearly defined section, consistent with other research questions. Page 21, Section 3.1: Corrected spelling of “accompanied.” Page 24, Section 3.3: Updated phrasing: “stake philosophy employed in the previous chapter” changed to “stake philosophy employed by Fukuzawa et al. (2024)” or to the pending TCSA reference. Removed excess space in the term “game-theoretic.” Page 25, Figure 1: Caption updated to “Base design process (adapted from Fukuzawa et al. (2024)).” Page 26: Corrected spelling of “conversion” under the “Oracles” section. Page 28: Section 4.2.2: Changed “T = 0” to “k = 0.” Section 4.2.3: Bolded the term “value” in the paragraph beneath Table 1. Section 4.2.3: Italicized both instances of “i” in the paragraph beginning with “Payments...” Figure 10(c): Caption revised to “PC balance after CTR receives half refund; only CTR stake remains.” Page 30: Added missing period to sentence ending in “...and the project terminates.” Applied code formatting to the term “dispute(true).” Page 32: Italicized the terms “true” and “false” in the paragraph beneath Figure 17. Page 36: Fixed excess spacing in “Conditions” bullet. Reference formatting improved for URLs and titles (e.g., AAA, Bannon, Bieber, Bingham, Buchwald, etc.). Replaced “ahead-of-print” in the Chen reference with the finalized volume and page numbers: 31(11), 4281–4307. Corrected URL formatting issues (e.g., missing underscores, broken lines) in several references (e.g., Goldfeder, Viktorov, Wallace Pierce Law, etc.). Corrected typographic elements (e.g., moved diaeresis in Sonmez). Separated Schwartz (2012) reference properly from the previous citation. Updated titles to match proper casing conventions across all references.

Abstract

We demonstrate proof-of-concept for an expanded blockchain smart contract based small-scale contracting process that includes an internally managed arbitration service to manage disputes. Using Ethereum smart contracts, we model a small-scale general contracting scenario with disruptions. Execution is demonstrated with the Remix Integrated Development Environment (IDE). We show the feasibility of managing general contracting disputes with an internal arbitration service, completely encompassed within blockchain smart contracts. This research continues an original effort to model the small-scale general contracting scenario on a blockchain network. Further work is required to expand the scope of dispute management and account for additional external factors. Also, full-scale decentralized application is not explored here. This process expands the scope of current practices and tools, such as Angi, in a decentralized manner with blockchain. Full-scale adoption at the small scale is likely difficult due to disbelief in technology, cost, and resistance to change.

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Ethical Statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Management Information Systems , Information Systems (Other)

Journal Section

Erratum

Publication Date

July 22, 2025

Submission Date

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Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Fukuzawa, M., Kay, M., Mcconnell, B., Thoney-barletta, K., & Warsing, D. (2025). Mechanisms for Dealing With the Unexpected in Small-Scale Contracting Using Smart Contracts. Transactions on Computer Science and Applications, 2(2), 19-39. https://izlik.org/JA96AD44AE