As user-generated content and interactions have overtaken the web as the default mode of
use, questions of whom and what to trust have become increasingly important. Fortunately …

Many social networking platforms have emerged on the Web, such as MySpace and
Facebook. In those networks, most participants are usually physically unknown in real life …

By the immense growth of the Web-based social networks (WBSNs), the role of trust in
connecting people together through WBSNs is getting more important than ever. In other …

Trust management is an increasingly important issue in large social networks, where the
amount of data is too extensive to be analysed by ordinary users. Hence there is an urgent …

Trust in Online Social Networks is an increasing popular issue in the field of social
computing. It has been widely used in scenarios such as e-commerce, friend …

Web-based social networks are emerging as the top applications on the Internet. With this
immense popularity, many of the shortcomings of the current social network deployments …

We propose a trust model for social networks with the aim of building trust communities that
inspire members to share their experiences, feelings and opinions in an open and honest …

By the immense growth of social applications in web environment, the role of trust in
connecting people is getting more important than ever. Although many researchers have …

Trust is an important yet complex and little understood aspect of the dyadic relationship
between two entities. Trust plays an important role in the formation of coalitions in social …

A satisfactory and robust trust model is gaining importance in addressing information
overload, and helping users collect reliable information in online communities. Current …