— The success of a P2P file-sharing network highly depends on the scalability and versatility of its search mechanism. Two particularly desirable search features are scope (abil...
Trust is a necessary concept to realize the Semantic Web. But how can we build a “Web of Trust”? We first argue that a small “Web of Trust” for each community is very esse...
We introduce and study concurrent One-Way Protocols in social networks. The model is motivated by the rise of online social networks and the fast development of automation feature...
Building on previous work on how to model contextual information for desktop search and how to implement semantically rich information exchange in social networks, we define a new...
Managing trust is a key issue for a wide acceptance of P2P computing, particularly in critical areas such as e-commerce. Reputation-based trust management has been identified in t...