In this paper, we propose a probabilistic framework targeting three important issues in the computation of quality and trust in decentralized systems. Specifically, our approach a...
d Abstract) Vladimiro Sassone1 , Karl Krukow2 , and Mogens Nielsen2 1 ECS, University of Southampton 2 BRICS , University of Aarhus We define a mathematical measure for the quantit...
Managing trust is a problem of particular importance in peer-to-peer environments where one frequently encounters unknown agents. Existing methods for trust management, that are b...
—The success of a Public Key Infrastructure such as the Web of Trust (WoT) heavily depends on its ability to ensure that public keys are used by their legitimate owners, thereby ...
Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has given evidence of structures within the Milky Way halo from other nearby galaxies. Both the halo and these structures are approximated by...
Jon Purnell, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Heidi Jo Newberg