On-line platforms foster the communication capabilities of the Internet to develop large-scale
influence networks in which the quality of the interactions can be evaluated based on trust …

In our increasingly interconnected world, the need for reputation is becoming more important
as larger numbers of people and services interact online. Reputation is a tool to facilitate …

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) provide self-organized wireless multihop transmission,
where nodes cooperate with each other to support data communication. However, malicious …

We present fundamental challenges for scalable and dependable service platforms and
architectures that enable flexible and dynamic provisioning of cloud services. Our findings …

Internet of Things combined with social networks, has emerged as an interesting research
area which is referred to as Social Internet of Things (SIoT). Objects in SIoT interact with …

A P2P grid is a special case of grid networks in which P2P communications are used for
communication between nodes and trust management. This technology allows creation of a …

Reputation systems in digital workplaces increase transaction efficiency by building trust
and reducing information asymmetry. These systems, however, do not yet capture the …

With the rapid development of blockchain technology, the scale of its participants continues
to expand. The network structure and the PBFT consensus algorithm of the blockchain have …

Trust systems represent a significant trend in decision support for social networks' service
provision. The basic idea is to allow users to rate each other even without being direct …

With the rapid development of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the security of WSNs is an
important issue in this field because of their vulnerabilities to attacks. Designing a …