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...
General trust management model that we present is adapted for ad-hoc coalition environment, rather than for classic client-supplier relationship. The trust representation used in ...
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...
In a Cyclic Mobile Ad Hoc Network (CMANET) where nodes move cyclically, we formulate trust management problems and propose the cTrust scheme to handle trust establishment and aggre...
In this paper we present a rich decision model for intelligent agents involved in multi issue negotiations. The model, grounded on information theory, takes into account the aspec...