Referral networks are a kind of P2P system consisting of autonomous agents who seek, provide services, or refer other service providers. Key applications include service discovery...
Coalition formation in social networks consisting of a graph of interdependent agents allows many choices of which task to select and with whom to partner in the social network. N...
In the Internet-age, the geographical boundaries that have previously impinged upon inter-organisational collaborations have become decreasingly important. Of more importance for ...
Oluwafemi Ajayi, Richard O. Sinnott, Anthony Stell
Among the various human factors impinging upon making a decision in an uncertain environment, risk and trust are surely crucial ones. Several models for trust have been proposed in...
Trust is a critical issue in e-commerce and e-service environments. Some applications (such as eBay) have introduced various trust management mechanisms to provide valuable inform...