This paper formalizes the semantics of trust and studies the transitivity of trust. On the Web,
people and software agents have to interact with" strangers". This makes trust a crucial factor …

Trust is a promising research topic for social networks, since it is a basic component of our
real-world social life. Yet, the transfer of the multi-facetted concept of trust to virtual social …

The Web is deep into its second decade of life, and since 1991 it has dramatically changed
the way the connected world operates. As the Web has shifted to an interactive environment …

The term trust management suggests that trust can be managed, for example by creating
trust, by assessing trustworthiness, or by determining optimal decisions based on specific …

Trust is an integral component in many kinds of human interaction, allowing people to act
under uncertainty and with the risk of negative consequences. For example, exchanging …

Transacting and interacting through computer networks makes it difficult to use traditional
methods for establishing trust between parties. Creating substitutes by which people …

Trust is an important facet of relationships in social networks. Whether it is for use in security,
determining data access, or recommender systems, the definition of trust guides the …

In order to make progress in a scientific field, scholars need to find a consistent terminology
to be able to adequately test their hypotheses, to communicate their results among each …

Trust is one of the most fuzzy, dynamic and complex concepts in both social and business
relationships. The difficulty in measuring Trust and predicting Trustworthiness in service …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to show that trust is an important factor for successful
online transactions. Although the importance of trust has been examined from various …