The internet is a ubiquitous technology that has changed conventional human interactions.
In our present time, it is not unusual for financial transactions to take place virtually with …

The mining process in the Blockchain is very resource intensive, therefore, miners form
coalitions to verify each block of transactions in return for a reward where only the first …

Due to the rapid growth of the next generation networking and system technologies,
computer networks require new design and management. In this context, security, and more …

In this paper, we consider methods whereby a subset of players in a (k, n)-threshold scheme
can “repair” another player's share in the event that their share has been lost or corrupted …

We consider repairable threshold schemes (RTSs), which are threshold schemes that
enable a player to securely reconstruct a lost share with help from their peers. We …

Trust models are widely used in various computer science disciplines. The primary purpose
of a trust model is to continuously measure the trustworthiness of a set of entities based on …

Understanding trust, influence and reputation and constructing computational models of
these notions are two essential scientific challenges in computer science as well as social …

The notions of trust and reputation have been well studied and integrated into computer
networks and internet-based services, eg, Amazon and eBay websites. Using trust and …

In this paper, a new proactive verifiable secret sharing (PVSS) scheme is proposed in an
active mobile adversary setting. To the best of our knowledge, the only unconditionally …

Secure data sharing for the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has drawn much attention in
developing smart cities and smart transportation. One way to achieve that is based on the …