Modeling Dynamics of Relative Trust of Competitive Information Agents

In order for personal assistant agents in an ambient intelligence context to provide good recommendations, or pro-actively support humans in task allocation, a good model of what the human prefers is essential. One aspect that can be considered to tailor this support to the preferences of humans is trust. This measurement of trust should incorporate the notion of relativeness since a personal assistant agent typically has a choice of advising substitutable options. In this paper such a model for relative trust is presented, whereby a number of parameters can be set that represent characteristics of a human.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CIA
• Authors: Mark Hoogendoorn, S. Waqar Jaffry, Jan Treur
• Keywords: Ambient Intelligence Context, CIA 2008, Human Prefers, Intelligent Agents, Personal Assistant Agent