The concept of trust and/or trust management has received considerable attention in
engineering research communities as trust is perceived as the basis for decision making in …

This paper introduces the security and trust concepts in wireless sensor networks and
explains the difference between them, stating that even though both terms are used …

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Page 2 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM July 2006/Vol. 49, No. 7 95 Developing an improved …

When transacting and interacting through open computer networks, traditional methods
used in the physical world for establishing trust can no longer be used. Creating virtual …

Trust is a fundamental factor when people are interacting with each other, hence it is natural
that trust has been researched also in relation to applications and agents. However, there is …

Current mechanisms for evaluating the trustworthiness of an agent within an electronic
marketplace depend either on using a history of interactions or on recommendations from …

Trust is an important tool in human life, as it enables people to cope with the uncertainty
caused by the free will of others. Uncertainty and uncontrollability are also issues in …

This chapter introduces trust modeling and trust management as a means of managing trust
in digital systems. Transforming from a social concept of trust to a digital concept, trust …

Trust management is an extensively investigated topic. A lot of trust models and systems
have been proposed in the literature. However, a universally agreed trust model is rarely …

Trust networks consist of transitive trust relationships between people, organisations and
software agents connected through a medium for communication and interaction. By …