Web-based social networks have become popular as a medium for disseminating
information and connecting like-minded people. The public accessibility of such networks …

Managing trust in a distributed Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is challenging when
collaboration or cooperation is critical to achieving mission and system goals such as …

Social network services (SNS) focus on building online communities of people who share
interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of …

Recently, Social Network Games (SNGs) over social network services have become popular
and have spawned a whole new subculture. This study examines the perceived factors …

In the recent era, new information technologies have a significant impact on social networks.
Initial integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into city operations …

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 …

Online social networks have provided an appropriate infrastructure for users to interact with
one another and share information. Since trust is one of the most important factors in forming …

Social networks are graphs that represent relations among people, institutions, and their
activities. We introduce a novel social access control (SAC) strategy inspired by multi-level …

In military operation or emergency response situations, very frequently a commander will
need to assemble and dynamically manage Community of Interest (COI) mobile groups to …

In this paper, we present a new user trustworthiness estimation model for social networks
(SN), whereas most of existing researches have been focused on the user-user/item …