The current generation of ad hoc networks relies on other nodes in the network for routing information and for routing the packets. These networks are based on the fundamental ass...
We propose a method for constructing Dempster-Shafer belief functions modeling the trust of a given agent (the evaluator) in another (the target) by combining statistical informat...
Abstract. We commonly use the experience of others when taking decisions. Reputation mechanisms aggregate in a formal way the feedback collected from peers and compute the reputati...
Traditional centralised approaches to security are difficult to apply to large, distributed marketplaces in which software agents operate. Developing a notion of trust that is ba...
Reputation mechanisms offer an efficient way of building the necessary level of trust in electronic markets. Feedback about an agent’s past behavior can be aggregated into a me...