While social interactions are critical to understanding consumer behavior, the relationship between social and commerce networks has not been explored on a large scale. We analyze...
This paper presents a novel effective scheme of configuring Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), called Master-driven Connection Control (MaCC). WPANs are based on a new wirel...
Ad-hoc networks are frequently used to establish communication in improvised environments without requiring any fixed infrastructure. These networks are formed with the help of t...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have received great attention for sharing and searching information in large user communities. The open and anonymous nature of P2P networks is one of ...
Josiane Xavier Parreira, Debora Donato, Carlos Cas...
We consider using trust information to improve the anonymity provided by onion-routing networks. In particular, we introduce a model of trust in network nodes and use it to design...